How to apply KT Tape

Calf

Calf muscles can be torn, pulled or experience cramping due to extreme stretching or overuse.

Shin Splints

The shin is the common name for the front of the lower leg bone (tibia) and its associated muscles and tendons.

Quads

The quads are the large set of powerful muscles that span the front of the thigh from the hips to the knees and act as hip flexors and knee extenders.

Hamstring

The hamstrings are the large set of powerful muscles that span the back of the thigh from the buttocks to the calves and serve to flex the knee and extend the hip.

Hip Flexor

Hip flexor pain is a relatively uncommon injury to the front of the hip that is more predominant in younger adults and females.

Glutes

The gluteus muscles are the three main muscles that make up the buttocks. These muscles rotate the hip to the outside, extend the trunk of the body, and perform movements such as the squat and lunge.

IT Band (Hip)

The IT Band, or iliotibial band, is a thick band of fibrous tissue that runs down the outside of the leg.

Posterior Shin Splints

The shin is the common name for the front of the lower leg bone (tibia) and its associated muscles and tendons.

Groin

A groin strain is an injury to the adductor muscles that bring the leg back towards the body.

Achilles Tendonitis

Tendinitis typically develops after abrupt changes in activity or training level, use of poorly fit or worn footwear, or training on uneven or dense running surfaces.

Plantar Fasciitis

The plantar fascia, or arch tendon, is a thick band of connective tissue that runs from the heel to the front of the foot.

Ankle Stability

This application can be used for a variety of ankle issues including ankle sprains, stretched ligaments, inflamed tendons, or general ankle weakness.

Peroneal Tendonitis

The three peroneal muscles, now called the fibularis muscles, are muscles at the surface of the outside of the lower leg.

Ball of Foot

Pain at the ball of the foot is most often caused by inflammation due to overuse in active people.

Heel

The heel is obviously a very important part of our lives. It takes a great deal of repetitive force with every step and can become susceptible to injury and pain as those steps become forceful.

Turf Toe

Turf Toe, a sprain of the metatarsophalangeal joint, is a condition that results from acute or chronic hyperextension of the big toe.

Full Knee Support

Knee pain can be caused by any number of issues. The kneecap, or patella, could be moving incorrectly.

Outer Knee

ITBS is the most prevalent cause of lateral (outside) knee pain in athletes. Along with ITBS pain at the hip, it accounts for more than 12% of all running injuries.

Inner Knee

The Pes Anserine (goose’s foot) is the joining of three tendons on the front and inside portion of the lower knee area.

Osgood Schlatter

Osgood-Schlatter’s is a condition that often times shows up in young people who are growing very quickly.

Back of Knee

These conditions have many causes ranging from genetic to overuse. In any case, continuing to engage in extensive physical activity without rest or treatment would exacerbate the problem.

SI Joint

Low back pain is often caused by complications arising from the SI Joint. Though the SI Joint is not the singular cause of low back pain, attention to the joint is important in assessing and treating the pain.

Lower Back

Pain in the low back, or lumbago, can be a very complicated problem. As the body ages, the spine undergoes compensatory changes to adjust with the rest of the body.

Middle Back

The middle back is a combination of vertebrae from the upper and middle sections of the back and muscles that run the entire length of the back.

Ribs

The ribs are the individual bones that form the rib cage. The rib cage serves to protect the vital organs such as the lungs and the heart.

Spine

Disc pain can be caused by any number of conditions that affect the vital components of the spine.

Abdominals

Abdominal pain has many causes ranging from issues within the abdominal cavity itself, to tears or pains in the muscular structure surrounding the organs of the abdominal cavity.

Neck and Shoulder

The neck is clearly a vital component of our anatomy due to its responsibility for connecting our brain to the rest of the body.

General Shoulder

The shoulder is a complex and relatively unstable joint that every person uses extensively on a daily basis.

Rotator Cuff

The rotator cuff is the group of muscles and their tendons that act to stabilize the shoulder.

AC Joint

In an injury to the AC Joint, the joint separates and causes damage to one or more of the four ligaments that keep it in place.

Wrist

The wrist is made up of eight small bones (carpals) that support a narrow passage called the carpal tunnel.

General Elbow

The elbow consists of three bones coming together at a junction, as well as the muscles that serve to flex, extend, and rotate the arm.

Golfer's Elbow

The elbow consists of three bones coming together at a junction, as well as the muscles that serve to flex, extend, and rotate the arm.

Tennis Elbow

Tennis Elbow is the common name describing the condition Lateral Epicondylitis, or inflammation of the outside portion of the elbow resulting in soreness and tenderness.

Finger Jam

Finger jams occur when a blunt force is applied to a join of the finger. The force is generally directly into the tip of the finger and combined with hyperextension of the joint.

Thumb

Thumb pain usually presents as pain at the base of the thumb and wrist. A notable thumb pain condition includes De Quervain Syndrome, also known by many other names such as gamer’s thumb, mother’s wrist, and mommy thumb.

Bicep

Bicep pain can be caused by a number of issues including muscle tears, pinched nerves, ligament or tendon damage, or swollen lymph nodes – among other things.

Tricep

This article will make a distinction between tricep muscle pain/weakness and tricep tendonitis.