You’ve likely seen athletes decorated in patterns of colorful tape on their knees, shins, quads, and shoulders, and thought, does that really do anything? I was right there with you. That quickly ...

Shin splints, officially diagnosed as medial tibial stress syndrome, plague many runners. According to a 2023 research review published in Cureus, runners make up the majority of people who suffer ...

Whatever your sport, avoiding or mitigating injuries is as important as logging miles or sessions. But if you find yourself toeing the line between pushing it too far or sitting on the sidelines, one ...

Applying kinesiology tape (KT) to the front and back of the shoulder may help improve shoulder pain and help heal shoulder injuries. KT consists of flexible material that can move with a person’s body ...

For years, I’ve viewed kinesiology tape—those brightly colored stripes you see on the legs and shoulders of athletes—as nothing more than snake oil, something people used for show without any real ...