All about tying the knee

Tapping is not a young procedure used for the treatment and rehabilitation of joints after trauma, stress relief and neuralgia. The most common was mainly in sports medicine. Recently, with the increasing popularity of fitness, cross-training and weightlifting, this method has become widely used not only by professional athletes, but also by people from other professions.

The method of prevention and treatment of

Observing the trainees in the halls, you can notice different typed zones on the human body. However, the most common is knee joint typing.

This is due to the fact that the knee is most stressed, and the joint not only participates in most basic exercises, flexion-extension, but also suffers while working with different weights. Fans of cardio work also load the knee joint on the treadmill, ellipsoid and exercise bikes.

When a stretch, pain, or for a simple minimization of the load occurs, the athlete himself or the coach-teipiatrist imposes teips. They are elastic tapes with an adhesive surface on one side and a cotton membrane coating on the other.

Tapes are similar to plaster, but differ in the ability to stretch during joint work. Tapping of the knee is carried out using a tape 5 cm wide and do this in different ways depending on the direction of the action. The application is made with a curative, preventive or rehabilitative purpose.

With the correct location of the teips, pain is reduced, and edema is removed;improves circulation in the knee area. In therapeutic use, the mobility of the joint is limited, which reduces the risk of exacerbations and relapse of .

Osteoarthritis of the knee joint

One of the most common diseases of the knee joint is arthrosis. This is the deterioration and destruction of cartilaginous tissue in the joint, which at different stages manifests itself in the form of acute pain and until complete immobilization.

Arthrosis is most often affected by women and the elderly. The main causes of the disease are:

• excess weight;
• varicose veins;
• overtraining of the knee joint;
• meniscus damage;
• injuries, dislocations, fractures and surgeries;
• weak ligaments;
• metabolic disorders.

Prevention and treatment of arthrosis with the help of

The knee joint arthrosis is curative in nature. If in the preventive purposes teips are applied for 2-5 hours or for the duration of training, then the systemic approach is used in the treatment procedure for arthrosis. If arthrosis is accompanied by swelling, then first with the help of tapping of the knee joint, swelling is removed by applying I-shaped bands along the muscles. Further, Y-shaped teips are used, by which excessive knee mobility is limited. Usually the procedure of knee tying with arthrosis is accompanied by drug treatment.

Ways to lay teips on the knee and contraindications

Like any remedy for treatment, tipping has its contraindications and limitations. Do not use teips if:

• has lesions, wounds around the knee joint zone;
• has an allergy to adhesive on the tape;
• teip application causes itching or redness of the skin;
• flabby skin around the knee, as this will remove the effectiveness of the action of the bands.

There are several techniques for overlapping teips:

1. Reducing puffiness. To do this, on the leg unbent in the knee joint, the skin is raised over the calyx and the fan-shaped bands for the lymph drainage effect are placed.
2. Improved mobility. Tapes are placed along the muscles with a tension of no more than 15%.
3. Reduced mobility. The application of teips is carried out with a maximum tension of up to 100%.
4. Restoration of tendons. Overlay is performed by Y- and I-shaped teips with tightening of the skin around the joint. The tension is within 50%.

In order not to cause deterioration of the knee, it is important to remember that first you need a doctor's consultation and a final diagnosis. Hygiene of the covers must be observed before tapping. The optimal degree of tension of the tapes and a loose, unhidden patella are important.

The cost of teips and services of teipiatrist

To date, the market of taping is represented by various brands, such as Apec, Kinesio, SpiderTech and others.

Each has a line of budget and expensive teips. To the budgetary are ribbons in rolls( from 180 rubles per roll to 5 meters).The downside of these teips is that it's only possible to cut off the right length and shape, and only the Teipiatrist will be able to pay for their services( from 1,000 rubles on average in Moscow).

There are medium-price cut Y- and I-shaped ribbons. With them, and can be handled by an ordinary user, only in length such teips do not always fit.

There are also ready-made piece patches for a certain zone of taping. They are the most expensive( from 100 rubles apiece), but they are easier to cope with them, following the instructions.

If you consider the service of a professional doctor, you need to take into account that the typing of the knee joint at a price will consist of material costs, as well as the level of the institution in which the specialist takes. In most fitness clubs there are coaches who have a certificate of kinesiotherapy and include in the cost of personal training the theipathic service.