Medical Tapes and Bands

Medical tapes are used mainly by the physiotherapist in order to relieve the pain of the muscles, provide support, lessen pain, reduce swelling and improves joint stability.

Medical bands are used by the physiotherapists in order to perform muscle strengthening exercises just by providing some resistance.

What all are the types of Medical Bands ?

There are mainly 5 types of medical bands according to the colors and their level of resistance, and they are as follows :

1. Yellow

The yellow bands are defined as with light resistance.

2. Green

The green resistance bands are defined as with medium resistance.

3. Red

Red resistance bands are defined as with medium to heavy resistance.

4. Blue

Blue resistance bands are defined as with medium-to-heavy resistance.

5. Black

Black resistance bands are defined as with heavy resistance.

6. Silver / Gold

Silver and gold resistance bands are defined as to have the most resistance.

How physiotherapy Tape reduces the pain ?

Physiotherapy tape decreases the pain by gently applying the pressure, the tape ultimately helps up in dissipate as well as, disrupt the pain.

What are known to be the advantages of physiotherapy Bands ?

There easily could be many advantages of physiotherapy bands, some of them are as follows :

• Repeating the same muscle activity over and over simply creates less chances of injury.
• Creates greater muscle stimulus.
• Simply improves athletic performance and strength.
• It is simply inexpensive.
• The band simply provides more exercise options.
• The physiotherapy band is simply considered ideal for rehabilitation.
• The band is simply portable or you can say, easy or convenient to carry around.
• It is considered ideal for mobility and strengthening, etc.

What all are the types of Medical Tapes ?

There are many types of medical tapes, some of them are as follows :

• Dynamic Tape
• Leuko Tape
• Athletic Tape
• Rock Tape, etc.

What could be the possible disadvantages of physiotherapy Bands ?

There could be many types of disadvantages of the physiotherapy bands, some of them are as follows :

• These bands are not considered to be the best at off-setting the effects of gravity.
• These physiotherapy bands can break while exercising.
• It becomes difficult to quantify and measure the gains which would be the ultimate result of the exercises.
• It is also considered difficult reflect back on training progress while using the band.
• It is difficult to gain a lot of mass gain from the band, etc.

What are the most common types of Tapes generally used in the field of physiotherapy ?

There are usually two ( 2 ) common and general types of tapes that are ultimately used in physiotherapy :

1. Kinesio Taping

Kinesio tape can be easily stretched and generally used in order to assist muscle function during movement due to the elastic potential energy in the tape.

2. Rigid Taping

Rigid tape is basically used in order to limit movement as well as physically support joints and anatomical structures.

Why are Bands considered to be better for body joints ?

Physiotherapy bands are considered to be better for body joints because the smooth and constant tension is simply much better for the joints and ultimately helps in strengthening the joints.

What could be the possible disadvantages of Physiotherapy Tapes ?

There could be many types of disadvantages of the tapes used in physiotherapy, some of them are as follows :

• Can be proved to be bulky sometimes.
• Can simply restrict movements and then, of course the movement.
• Can be proved to be costly.
• Could simply increase the risk of injury to other known joints.
• Could end up being harmful if not ultimately performed / treated in a correct manner, etc.

Are Bands actually considered to be effective ?

Study shows that the exercise / training while using the physiotherapy or resistance bands simply provides same set of strength gains in order to use conventional gym equipment.

For how long should a physiotherapy Tape be applied on the body ?

A physiotherapy tape generally lasts for three ( 3 ) to five ( 5 ) days, even if you take a swim or even a shower.