You’ve likely seen athletes decorated in patterns of colorful tape on their knees, shins, quads, and shoulders, and thought, does that really do anything? I was right there with you. That quickly ...

Patients often ask me about the purpose of the colorful tape worn by many athletes on their shoulders, elbows, knees and other areas during competition. Called kinesiology tape, it has become ...

For years, I’ve viewed kinesiology tape—those brightly colored stripes you see on the legs and shoulders of athletes—as nothing more than snake oil, something people used for show without any real ...