Why RockTape (Kinesiology Tape) is still popular. One reason for the continued popularity of kinesiology tape is that it has been shown to be effective in clinical studies. Research has found that the tape can improve muscle function, reduce pain, and enhance...
Resisted Running – A Tool for Everyone Resisted running | Typically relegated to sprinting individual athletes, resisted running is a novel method of creating additional demands for running. The academic literature is not entirely sold on whether resisted spriting is...
RockTape is proud to supply free tape for the regular UK study days looking at the potential benefits of kinesiology taping for people living with cancer. Run by the Jane Tomlinson Appeal and Taught by renowned Team GB physiotherapist Alison Rose. Find out more about...
It’s a Thumbs up for IASTM An open access article published in August 2022 informs us that IASTM tools can be hand, and possibly career savers! Manual therapists are at increased risk from work related musculoskeletal disorders. Areas affected by overuse injuries are...
It has been great to see RockTape featuring on SCD’s It Takes Two show on weeknights at 18-30, we even managed to get a demonstration on how the tape should be applied for a bad knee, as some of you spotted on Twitter, they did not round the edges though!! Hamza...
Last month we invited one of our Specialist Education Partners – Emma Holly – to collaborate with us and The Physio Channel. Emma Holly is a Scar Therapist and Educator who has helped us better understand how RockTape products can be used in the management of scar...
An overview of systematic reviews on the subject would suggest not (Roura et al 2021). The effects can be very variable, or heterogeneous, between individuals. While it is possible that effect patterns may exist depending on gender, technique, and body region the most...
Based on available historical information, the first medical use of vibration was for the treatment of parkinsons disease. Prof Jean-Martin Charcot, a French neurologist. Used a Vibrating chair for Parkinsons Patients in the late 19th century. Around this time doctors...
Now we can glide over the spine, gently lifting the skin and superficial fascia while creating an unusually therapeutic sensory feast for our attentive peripheral nervous system. Application couldn’t be easier, no fire, no pumps, nothing mechanical. All you...
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