Kinesiology tape is a sturdy, stretchy tape usually made with a blend of cotton and nylon. It is often used to help facilitate muscle function, stabilize joints, or keep muscles from contracting ...

If you head to a Crossfit gym often, there’s a good chance that, at some point, you’ve seen somebody with what looks like colored scotch tape on a shoulder, or an elbow, or taped along the length of ...

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 ...

Because KT tape stretches, it allows you to move as you typically do, so you can still log the miles in your training plan. Yuen recommends taping the area per the how-to explained below (he uses ...

Which kinesiology tape is best? Kinesiology tape is used for a variety of reasons. You may have injuries or arthritis you want to treat, or you may want to add support to your body while you’re ...

Most people are familiar with athletic tape, which competitors use to bind certain areas of the body in order to reduce pain, but kinesiology tape is about as common, often showing up as colorful ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about dollars and cents in the world of sports. Throughout the summer, colorful pieces of tape have been popping up across ...