Sports Taping.
Sports Taping can give you the security you need to stay on the field and avoid those niggling injuries. Sports tape is a great way to reinstate confidence in an athlete’s ability to perform at their best. Primarily though the objective of taping is to provide an injury with additional support, but also to prevent further damage to the already injured body part. If you need expert advice get in touch for more information.
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Supportive Taping
Sports tape is most commonly found in change rooms and medical kits. With its rigid and minimal elastic properties, it is commonly used to tape ankles, knees, shoulders, elbows and wrists.
Kinesiology Taping
Kinesiology tape or “K Tape” has a very different look and feel to supportive tape. It’s a thin, stretchy, elastic cotton strip designed to move with your body, not restrict joints, ligaments or muscles.
Kinesiology tape allows your lymphatic and venous drainage systems to drain and heal swollen or bruised tissue quicker. Kinesiology tape also helps to realign areas of the body before, during and after exercise.
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Muscle, joint and ligament Support
Swelling Reduction
Rehabilitation
Alignment
Psychological benefit, security – Could be seen as a placebo affect
Blood circulation
“We help you move better by first taking the time to listen to you and your story, then plan the best management program that suits your body and goals.”
— Phillip Bosson | Portside Sports Physiotherapy Founder
Book An Appointment.
Email: hello@portsidephysio.com.au
Phone: 0423 576 006
Address: 132 Hannell St Wickham NSW 2293
Sports Physiotherapy FAQs
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Sports physiotherapy is a speciality within physiotherapy that is dedicated to the assessment and treatment of injuries related to sports and exercise at all levels and ages. This places more pressure on the joints, ligaments, muscles and tendons and can make them prone to injury.
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Physiotherapists are experts at getting people back to safely completing day to day tasks, whereas Sports physiotherapists are experts at getting people back to their pre-injury level of activity and sports performance.
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Sports Massage - Sports massage helps relieve muscular tension, break down adhesion's, mobilise soft tissues and reduce pain.
Dry Needling - The primary aim is to relieve muscle pain and cramping, but it may also help to improve a person’s flexibility.
Exercise Prescription & Rehabilitation - Rehabilitation of athletic injuries with the goal of returning to sport requires progressive exercise prescription.
Sports Taping - Athletic sports taping involves applying tape directly to the skin to stabilise and neutralise vulnerable muscles, joints and ligaments.
Normatec Recovery System - The NormaTec Recovery System can be used both before and after exercise, whether it is routine training or high-level competition.
Return to Training Programs - We work with you to create a bespoke return to sports conditioning program to help you get back into shape or recover from an injury, as quickly as possible.
Injury Prevention & Management - Common and re-occurring sports injuries can be frustrating. Get your confidence back by getting stronger and moving more efficiently.
Post Operative Physiotherapy - The success of your surgery isn’t based on what happened in the operating theatre. Successful surgery requires thought out and measure postoperative rehabilitation.
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