KINESIOTAPING IN PHYSIOTHERAPY

Tehnike bandažiranja, učvrščivanja zglobova, postavljanja ortoza i ostale, posljednjih godina primjenjivane su od strane posebno educiranih zdravstvenih stručnjaka kako bi prevenirali ozljede te tretirali i rehabilitirali ozljede kod osoba. Jedna od takvih tehnika je i kinesiotaping. Kinesiotaping je rehabilitacijska tehnika koja se koristi za facilitaciju tjelesnih prirodnih procesa cijeljenja. Karakteristična je po tome što je neinvazivna, nefarmakološka, lokalizirano liječi akutne i kronične boli, senzorno stimulirajuća te kao dodatna intervencija poboljšava učinak fizikalne ili neke druge terapije. Metoda se zasniva na učinkovitosti cirkulatornih i neuroloških sustava, postavljanje trake uvjetuju anatomija, fiziologija, patologija i kineziologija ljudskog tijela, a vodi se principom „Manje je više“. Za postizanje djelovanja kinesiotapinga koriste se vodootporne kinesio trake koje su u potpunosti izrađene od pamuka koji je povezan s elastičnim nitima i akrilnim ljepilom u valovitom uzorku na kojima se ne nalaze farmakološka ni kemijska sredstva. Cijeli rezultat liječenja se postiže isključivo mehaničkim djelovanjem trake na tkivo osobe koje je omogućeno njenom elastičnošću. Kinesiotaping metoda koristi osam tehnika primjene, a to su: mišićna inhibicija, mišićna facilitacija, tetivna/ligamentarna korekcija, prostorna korekcija, mehanička korekcija, korekcija fascije, korekcija funkcije te korekcija limfe.Bandaging techniques, bracing joints, setting – up orthosis and others have been applied in recent years by highly educated health professionals to prevent injuries and to treat and rehabilitate injuries to people. One of such techniques is kinesiotaping. Kinesiotaping is a rehabilitation technique used to facilitate the body's natural healing processes. It is characterized by being non – invasive, non – pharmacological, localized to treat acute and chronic pain, sensitively stimulating and as an additional intervention improves the effect of physical or some other therapy. The method is based on the efficacy of circulatory and neurological systems, the placement of the band is conditioned by anatomy, physiology, pathology and kinesiology of the human body and is guided by the principle "Less is more". To achieve an effect that kinesiotaping is offering in practice are used waterproof kinesio tapes that are made entirely of cotton that is associated with elastic threads and an acrylic glue in a wave sample that does not contain pharmacological or chemical agents. The whole result of the treatment is achieved exclusively by the mechanical action of the tape on the person's skin who is enabled by its elasticity. The kinesiotaping method utilizes eight techniques of application, muscle inhibition, muscle facilitation, tendon/ligament correction, space correction, mechanical correction, fascia correction, functional correction and lymph correction