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Acupressure Taping: The Practice of Acutaping for Chronic Pain and Injuries

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With fibromyalgia and arthritis, Kinesio tape is a treasure.

I was applying it "ALMOST" properly on my thumb, but after buying the book, I found that slight changes made a huge difference. I have used the tape and the book for sciatica, tennis elbow, wrist and hand pain, and in every case, applying the tape as instructed in the book has diminished my pain, in some cases, eliminating it. I suffered with constant pain in my thumbs for years. After a few months of kinesio taping, I am pain free.

I can't recommend the book and the tape highly enough.

The book has too much background and not enough actual taping information. It could use hints and tips on how to tape areas that are not specifically shown, such as for hamstrings, I.T. band, anterior tibialis etc. Acupressure Taping: The Practice of Acutaping for Chronic Pain and Injuries
Taping like this can be very helpful but this book doesn't come close to giving the information needed to benefit from it.

I bought this book because I wanted to learn more about Kinesio Taping. There are good step-by-step pictures and what I believed to be good step-by-step instructions. I finally took a weekend seminar given by the official Kinesio Taping Association International. The course instruction and hands on practice is priceless. The Acupressure Book compared to course manual is different. Now that I've taken the course and am a Certified Kinesio Tape Practioner, I see the book I purchased is missing some very important details and how to perform proper KT techniques. I can use this book as a general guideline for taping. As mentioned the pictures are very good and know where to fill in the gaps of missing information. The best books for learning, besides the actual course, is by Kenzo Kase, the founder of KT.

When my clients began to ask me about acupressure taping (they saw it at the Olympics and other sporting events)I bought several books. This is the one I like best and use the most. I found the photos excellent and the text helpful. After some practice sessions on my family and friends I began to use this with my clients. They love it and I love it. I would recommend this to any professional massage therapist who is interested in learning about Acupressure taping. You might not want to make this your ONLY resource on the subject, but I bet it is the one you will return to the most often.

This book was very easy to understand and I even loaned it to my Chiropractor. I tried many of the tapping methods and they were all successful in the relief of pain and swelling. I highly recommend it.

this book and kinesio tape is just awesome. I have been suffering from a chronic muscular disorder from 3 years on my shoulder. after i heard about kinesio tape in olympics i tried to give it a try and believe me kinesio tape has worked wonders for me. my pain level has decreased to 10000 times and movements are also good in just three days of its first application. i just hope it keeps helping me and people who are suffering from chronic muscular pain.

Any who suffer from chronic pain know that drugs and physical therapy - the common treatments for ailing backs - often don't do the job. Here's a guide to a new method of pain treatment - acutaping - which offers an easier alternative, involving an elastic cotton tape placed over painful muscles and joints. The taping directions here are designed to stimulate related acupuncture points as well as apply acupressure and massage science to the mix. Any bodywork health library needs this.

It's not the most technical book, but by cow, it works.
I'm a beginner to taping, and use it mainly to stop the aches and pains at my advanced age of 31.

It has clear diagrams of how to stretch, and equally unambiguous steps of where to place the tape.

My only reservation is that it doesn't have instructions on the 'how' to tape - do I stretch the tape, do I roll it on?
Dance a little shamanistic dance around after taping?

A bit more background on why it works would also be nice, like, it stretches this muscle and this muscle.

We've used it for calves, ankles, elbows and shoulders and the releif was immediate and palpable.

But listen, for around $10 and pain relief with a bit of tape, you really can't grouse. Not too much.

Could it be better, well yes. Is it pretty good - yes, if you want to get into taping for personal pain relief.

If you're in it to win it, for performance sports etc, I wouldn't recommend it.
But otherwise, great for noobs.

Very pleased with this book. It shows how to stretch the body and then apply the tape. Some things you can do alone but most taping has to be done by another individual. Since you are stretching the body one way and applying the tape on, it's almost impossible to do it yourself. I showed it to my chiropractor and he wanted to keep the book to read it for himself. He already uses kinesio taping in his practice.

Worthless. Does not go into the hows and why's of taping in relationship to specific sports and sports injuries. More of a Chinese medicine lecture - yin yang,Taoist cycles, five elements - blah blah blah. If you have a specific problem you're much better off going to one of the many websites out there for kinesio taping.