KT4: Specialty Sports Orthopedic Concepts of the Kinesio Taping Method

(Prerequisite: completion of KTA approved KT1, KT2, and KT3 courses)

Course Description:

The KT4 Sports/Orthopedic course is focused on sports conditions. During the KT4 Sports/Orthopedic course, attendees will practice their skills on a variety of applications correlated with specific clinical sports conditions. This course is designed to give attendees guidelines on how to combine the concepts learned in the KT1, KT2, and KT3 courses with the concepts of sport medicine and give attendees the chance to learn and practice specific applications related to specific sports dysfunctions. During this course, attendees will face problem-solving and specific taping techniques correlated with the healing process of joint and soft tissues, posture correction to provide stimulations to restore good posture for athletes, and lower and upper limb injuries. Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to combine the Kinesio Taping Method with specific sport conditions following guidelines learned during this course and developing the skills necessary to adapt Kinesio Taping Techniques to specific needs of athletes. This will enable the attendees to create an individualized treatment correlated to the phase of the healing process as well as the specific sport injury, sport performed, and position that the athlete occupies on the field.

Course Objectives – after completing this seminar, student will be able to:

  • Enhances achieving the common objectives of Sports Medicine Practitioners
  • Learn Kinesio Taping Methods for:
    • Common athletic injuries
    • Recognizing “local” “global” issues
    • Treating overuse issues
    • Treating the cause of the symptoms
    • Improving clinical condition of the athletes correlated to athletic performance
  • Integrate the Kinesio Taping Method into the treatment protocol of an injury from the initial onset of the injury, healing stages, rehabilitation, and return to activity
  • Review and study current trends of the Kinesio Taping Method in relationship to current trends in Sports Medicine

Course Agenda:

7:30am Sign In
8:00 – 8:10 Instructor Introduction/Bio, Purpose and Objectives of Course
8:10 – 8:40 Stages of Healing, Integration of Kinesio Taping into the Treatment Protocol
8:40 – 8:55 EDF Review
8:55 – 9:25 A-C Joint, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping Lab
9:25 – 9:45 Motor Control
9:45 – 10:15 Multiaxial Instability of the Glenohumeral Joint, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping Lab
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 10:45 Overuse Syndromes
10:45 – 11:15 Bicipital Tenosynovitis, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping Lab
11:15 – 12:15 ACL Injury, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping lab
12:15 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 1:45 Medial Epicondylitis, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping lab
1:45 – 2:15 TFCC, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping lab
2:15 – 2:45 Turf Toe, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping lab
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:30 5th Metatarsal Fracture, Acute, Sub Acute
3:30 – 4:30 Piriformis, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping lab
4:30 – 5:00 SI joint, Acute, Sub Acute, Remodeling Taping lab
5:00 – 5:30 Q&A/Clarifications

By KinesioTape

Kinesio® cannot be understood without understanding our story. Dr. Kenzo Kase developed the Kinesio Taping® Method in the 1970s to fill a void in the treatment options that were available at that time. He was searching for a way to facilitate the body’s natural healing process and prolong the benefits of his treatment after his patients left his clinic. Through his education as a chiropractor, his innate ability to sense internal pain and dysfunction through the skin and his creative therapeutic mind, Dr. Kase was able to develop new methods of treating his diagnoses. Among these methods, Kinesio® Taping industry was born and soon all other therapeutic elastic tape companies built upon Kinesio tape and methods.

The Kinesio Taping® Method is a definitive rehabilitative taping technique that is designed to facilitate the body’s natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints without restricting the body’s range of motion.

Latex-free and wearable for days at a time, Kinesio® Tex Tape is safe for populations ranging from pediatric to geriatric, and successfully treats a variety of orthopedic, neuromuscular, neurological and other medical conditions.

If it doesn’t say Kinesio®, its not the real thing