Kinesiology Tape and Horses

Written By Ella Ditchfield
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Kinesiology Tape

First used on human patients in Japan by acupuncturists and chiropractors, kinesiology tape has numerous qualities that can be used by equines and equestrians to improve sports performance by activating the nervous and circulatory systems to encourage healing in the treatment of:

  • Injured muscles

  • Swelling/oedema

  • Tendon and ligament lesions

  • Lymphoedema

Kinesiology is renowned for its therapeutic properties that help with the reduction of pain sensation, promoting circulation, reducing bruising, and helping with biomechanical and postural dysfunction. RockTape have developed an extra sticky tape that is suitable for the equine patient, and it is this brand that I personally use in conjunction with other manual and electrotherapies.

Ella Ditchfield
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