Kinesio Taping And How It Benefits Back Pain

Low back pain is such a common affliction in our society that there’s a good chance you must’ve experienced it at some point in your life or even know someone who’s dealing with the problem at the moment. Your back is composed of a number of intricate parts that work together to support you.

You could do something as simple as pick up luggage in the wrong way or have a sports injury and cause your back to be bruised, inflamed, strained, or twisted. You could also have back pain because of issues with your internal organs, including kidney infections, blood clot, bone loss, or kidney stones. Additionally, the hazards of leading a sedentary lifestyle can worsen the damage to your back as you sit for hours with a poor posture.

To put things in to perspective, back aches can make even simple, daily tasks feel impossible to complete. In such a situation, you can turn to kinesiology taping, a revolutionary way that you can adopt to correct your posture and heal your back naturally.¹

What Is Kinesio Taping?

The kinesio tape isn’t anything like the traditional bandage or tape that you use to wrap around an affected area or joint. It’s an extremely elastic tape that supports muscle function and doesn’t inhibit your movement. As the kinesio tape is secured along your muscles rather than being wrapped around them, it doesn’t interfere with your blood circulation at any point in time either. More importantly, the kinesio tape can be worn all day as it doesn’t restrict the affected area or your skin.

The science of kinesiology revolves around your muscle function not only during its movement, but also in its role within other systems in your body. Consequently, the kinesio tape can give your muscles the support they need to perform and heal at high levels. This way, you’ll be able to reduce your chances of having an injury and develop the ability of minimizing your back pain thus helping other systems in your body.² To sum things up, kinesio taping works in 4 important ways.

• Supports muscle function so you don’t have to over-extend or over-contract it. It also reduces pain, fatigue, and cramping.
• Supports your joints while still allowing free movement. It also keeps your muscles and joints aligned without restriction.
• Improves circulation of blood and lymph systems through your muscles. Thus, it reduces inflammation and the build-up of toxins in your muscles.
• Supports your natural healing process, thereby allowing your body to repair and heal itself at a higher level.

Uses Of The Kinesio Tape For Back Pain

The vast majority of low back pain issues can be non-specific in nature and usually happens because of your lifestyle issues, which can strain muscles and the soft tissues in your back. If you’ve been having persistent pain of any kind for days or if it’s been worsening over time, you’d do well to seek professional medical help at the earliest.

However, for postural issues or sports injuries, kinesiology taping has the potential to be an extremely useful healing technique. Here are a few important kinesio taping methods that you can use to get rid of low back pain in an all-natural way.

1. Low Back Pain Along Your Spine

• This method of kinesio taping is beneficial to heal general low back pain, whether it is an acute or a chronic problem.
• To begin with, bend yourself at the waist.
• Anchor the kinesio tape just below your pant line and run 2 stabilization strips on each side of your spine.
• It would help greatly if you apply little to no stretch on the tape.
• You can now resume standing normally.
• To know if you’ve applied the tape correctly, check to see if there are any wrinkles on it. There shouldn’t be any!

2. Low Back Pain Across Your Back

This method of applying the kinesio tape is to support your lower back across the entire back.

• To start off, bend yourself at the waist.
• Anchor the kinesio tape just below your pant line and run both strips up until the mid part of your back and on each side of your spine.
• Remember to not stretch this tape.
• Now, apply the decompression tape using the middle stretch across the pain area in your lower back region.
• Finally, stretch this tape about 50-75 percent in the middle without stretching it at the ends.

3. Low Back Pain Across The Sacroiliac Area

This method of application is similar to the second tape application method.

• For starters, bend yourself at the waist.
• Apply the decompression tape using the middle stretch across the pain area in your lower back region.
• Now, stretch this tape about 50-75 percent in the middle without stretching it at the ends.