Shin splints, officially diagnosed as medial tibial stress syndrome, plague many runners. According to a 2023 research review published in Cureus, runners make up the majority of people who suffer ...

Shin splints, officially diagnosed as medial tibial stress syndrome, plague many runners. According to a 2023 research review published in Cureus, runners make up the majority of people who suffer ...

You've probably seen professional athletes wearing colored tape on their backs, shoulders, shins and legs during a recent televised competition and wondered if these crazy-looking tape patterns really ...

A doctor of physical therapy answers the question "How does kinesiology tape work?", and offers seven ways to start using it now. “Kinesiology tape is a type of elastic tape that is applied to an area ...

The two main kinds of tape have been effective in different studies. Rigid tape. This type doesn't stretch. It's designed to help keep an area from moving. Elastic tape. This type, also called kinesio ...

Whatever your sport, avoiding or mitigating injuries is as important as logging miles or sessions. But if you find yourself toeing the line between pushing it too far or sitting on the sidelines, one ...

If you’ve spent any time watching professional sports over the last several years, chances are you’ve noticed numerous athletes in the NFL, NBA and MLB sporting kinesiology tape on their limbs. It’s a ...

For years, I’ve viewed kinesiology tape—those brightly colored stripes you see on the legs and shoulders of athletes—as nothing more than snake oil, something people used for show without any real ...