Dear Luke, is the method you have used not the kinesiotaping method and you
have taped with Kinesiotape. Take a look at http://www.kinesiotaping.com
God Bless,
Marco
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From: John Spencer <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Shin splints
> Dear Luke
>
> How about more details of the taping. Scan us a photo maybe or two?
>
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, luke harris
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >although the words "in my experience" coming from a 19 year old might
> >bring a wry smile to the faces of some...
> >
> >i work for aussie rules football team, and one of my players came to
> >me complaining of 'shin splints'. now, i was aware that 'shin splints'
> >is a rather broad term and can mean different things to different
> >people, so i decided to have a peek anyway and see what i could learn.
> >
> >the basic result was that the pain came on shortly after commencing
> >physical activity and took up to a few hours to ease after stopping
> >the activity (but obviously not as long to ease when the activity was
> >ceased earlier). the pain was aggravated on active plantarflexion,
> >isometric contraction of plantarflexors, and nor present on passive
> >plantarflexion.
> >
> >i spoke to one of my colleagues at uni (a qualified podiatrist with 15
> >years clinical experience who has decided to make a career chaneg -
> >and is now in second year physio) about this, and if he had any
> >recommendations. he showed me a type of taping which is essentially a
> >few stirrup-like strips, from the level of insertion of the affected
> >muscle, over a low-dye base. (there's a little more too it, but that's
> >put nice and simply).
> >
> >i went back to my player, applied this taping technique, and as if by
> >miracle the pain did not occur during training. so i repeated this
> >method for training sessions and games and he had no complaints.
> >
> >now there is cause here for some of you to say "the problem may have
> >resolved prior to the first taping, and so there was no problem
> >present for the tape to be acting on". well, some training nights when
> >i wasn't able to be there, he played without the tape, and experienced
> >these problems. so that kinda supports it effectiveness.
> >
> >one of my friends also works for a junior footy team, and two weeks
> >ago, when she was unable to be at the game, i filled in for her. one
> >of her players was also complaining of 'shin splints'. after a quick
> >examination (yeilding a similar pattern to my player), i felt that
> >attempting this same technique on him was justified... and it worked
> >brilliantly! he didn't complain of the problem at all during or after
> >the game. i think he was more amazed than anyone.
> >
> >so, although this may not be helping the condition in the long-run, it
> >seemed to help these individuals to the extent that they could play a
> >full game pain-free. both of these individuals were complaining of
> >tibialis posterior pain, and so i'm eager to find an athlete with
> >tibialis anterior 'shin splints' to see if they'll let me attempt the
> >same technique on them.
> >
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> --
> John Spencer
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