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Kinesiotaping and Proprioception
The bandage Kinesiotaping or neuro-muscular, and has spoken on this Vitónica patching technique or form of treatment, where appropriate, to produce effects, indications … But this time we will talk about the modus operandi of these “stickers” color and why produce different effects.
We can start by saying that the art of dressing with Kinesiotaping has two aspects:
* Increase muscle tone
* Decrease muscle tone
This does not mean that we put harder or stronger or more loose or weak muscle, but slightly increase or decrease muscle tone latent which interferes with the entry into action of the fibers of this.
The brain does not understand or muscle movements, understand positions in space (“I take the hand of this position X to this other Y”) and knows this because proprioceptors found in muscles, ligaments, tendons, joint capsules, skin …
Well, placing the Kinesiotaping (has specific forms of placement according to the action you want to lead) to “trick” the system stating that the muscle is more relaxed than it actually is or is more toned than they is actually through the excitation of different cutaneous receptors. Bringing the nervous system will take action on the matter, tone down or increase it and thus get the desired effect. Taking also, therefore, a high proprioceptive component, as well as for injury prevention and recovery of these.
From there the health professional will use these techniques in different muscles and functions as they need to perform, decrease pain, balance, articulation, strengthen it, prevent overloads …