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WHAT IS KINESIOLOGY TAPE?
The kinesiology tape is an adhesive and elastic tape very similar to the characteristics of human skin in thickness and weight.
It has 50-60% elasticity over the original length and it offers a bio-mechanic action on the human body. The glue employed in this tape is a medical acrylic adhesive and when it is applied on the skin surface it will produce a wave type action. This is its main characteristic.
Kinesiology Tape does not contain medical or chemical ingredients. It is water-resistant it helps transpiration of the skin and each application resists for
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several days. This form of taping when applied on the human body will give a constant drainage and once removed, it does not leave residue glue on the skin.
This tape is suitable for kinesiology taping, that is to say a taping with bio-mechanic effects suitable for the treatment of muscle disorders, blood and lymphatic circulation disorders, to calm pain and to correct joint alignment.
This taping system has taken the sports medicine and rehabilitation world by storm.
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