Ankle taping has been shown to assist with return to sport following injury as it aids proprioception. Ankle taping does not replace effective exercise rehabilitation post-injury and the patient should seek further advice from their Doctor or Physiotherapist if they are unsure.
Keep reading to find out more about the most common ankle taping techniques.
Let’s talk about one of the other tricks a runner can utilise to improve recovery after a training session or the final run.
Physiotherapy is an important component of pain management for a wide range of conditions. Many pain management strategies, such as medication, simple massage and heat packs will provide only temporary relief of symptoms. Physiotherapy is used to treat both acute and chronic pain conditions using a wide modality of treatments including manual therapy, electrophysical agents and exercise therapy via tailored exercise prescription.
Patellofemoral pain is the term used to describe mechanical pain in and around the patella or knee cap. Often caused by weakness of the hip abductors (muscles just above the hip bone) and quadriceps muscles. It may present with new or unaccustomed exercise.
