The sun may be out and it may be Summer, but today we want to look at a #kinesiotaping application which, perhaps, has more in common with winter – the snowflake application!
Our post this week provides an overview of this new taping cut, reviews when it can be used and highlights its main objectives.
The Kinesio Snowflake Taping Application is most effective around the joint and to improve the function of muscle fascia. This taping technique addresses muscle, tendon and ligament (mainly around a problem joint.)
The name “snowflake” refers not to the shape, but to the type of stimulus - ‘very light’. This tape application makes maximum use of the natural hydrokinetic fluid layers. The combination of the “I” centre strip as an anchor, with rounded extensions, increases the area of affected tissue and allows a single tape application to provide support and deep stimulation.
Use it when you do not want to disturb the vertical and horizontal movement of the skin. This application is effective for the repair of fascia in the surrounding joint tissues.
Objectives: ● This taping technique allows greater exercise of the affected joint or muscle by soft stimulation around the joint and is ideal adjustment to the interstitial fluid. ● The combined effect will be to support the joint at a deeper level while increasing the treated surface area. ● The taping helps damaged tissue without merely addressing lymphatics. ● Interstitial fluid can reach the fascia, aponeurosis, ligament and joint capsule - including subcutaneous tissue around joints
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