Said to ease pain and treat muscle injuries, brightly colored Kinesio tape is all over the Olympics, from the track to the diving platform. Some athletes say it's superior to other tape for ...

Kinesio taping has been around for decades, but the recently concluded Olympics saw a lot of athletes wearing tape stretched and spiralled in interesting patterns. This has caught the attention of ...

Kinesio Tex tape is a brand name of elastic tape patented in 1999 and popularized during the 2008 Olympics after the manufacturer, Kinesio USA, donated 50,000 rolls of the tape to 58 competing ...

An Albuquerque man invented the colorful tape Olympic athletes are wearing.

Kinesio Tape has been ubiquitous during the London 2012 Olympic Games, but does the brightly colored adhesive actually live up to the hype?

The days of white athletic tape have, it seems, spooled to an end, making way for a new era marked by color and distinctive shapes. Call it the era of kinesiology therapeutic sports tape. Whether ...

The neon tape swathing sprinters and swimmers alike, called Kinesio, is taking London by storm. "It's all over the Olympics," said Dr. Jennifer Solomon of New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery.

The theory behind kinesio taping suggests that it works via its unique elastic properties lifting the skin to improve fluid movement and alleviate pain. A suggested mechanism of how this works is ...

Dear Colin: My physical therapist swears by "kinesio-taping" to help with joint pain. He says he uses it on just about all his patients with knee and shoulder problems because it really makes ...

While Kinesio and other forms of sport taping continue to grow in popularity, high-quality research on taping remains scant and sometimes contradictory. A new study published in the Journal of ...