Shante Cofield – Kinesiology Taping Fundamentals: Step-by-Step Applications to Improve Movement

Kinesiology Taping Fundamentals: Step-by-Step Applications to Improve Movement – Shante Cofield

Powered by RockTape, this 1-hour guide will show you step-by-step how to effectively use kinesiology tape with your patients.

This training focuses on the physiological and neurological benefits of kinesiology taping, bringing you a 10,000-foot view of taping and its applications. Learn easy, effective taping applications that can:

• Address pain and nerve entrapments
• Assist muscle function
• Improve movement and motor control
• Enhance coordination and proprioception
• Increase mobility and stability
• Build sensory awareness
• Reduce scarring and improving scar mobility
• Manage edema/swelling/bruising

Watch as Dr. Shante Cofield, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, CF-L1 demonstrates fast and easy ways to apply kinesiology tape that you can implement immediately to get to the best outcomes for your patients.

1. List three potential patient outcomes of kinesiology taping.

Physiological/Neurological Benefits of Taping

• Biomechanical lifting effect
  • Understanding the skin-brain connection
• Pain mitigation
• Decompression
• Neuro-sensory

Step-by-Step Applications of Kinesiology Taping For:

• Pain mitigation
• Fluid dynamics
• Assist with posture
• Complement nerve entrapment
• Manipulate scars

Tape Application Tips

• Tape cutting techniques
• Getting the proper tape stretch
• Application and removal tips
• Advanced skin care

Indications/Counterindications
Kinesiology Taping in Combination with Other Therapies