Shin splints, officially diagnosed as medial tibial stress syndrome, plague many runners. According to a 2023 research review published in Cureus, runners make up the majority of people who suffer ...

The two main kinds of tape have been effective in different studies. Rigid tape. This type doesn't stretch. It's designed to help keep an area from moving. Elastic tape. This type, also called kinesio ...

If you’ve spent any time watching professional sports over the last several years, chances are you’ve noticed numerous athletes in the NFL, NBA and MLB sporting kinesiology tape on their limbs. It’s a ...

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 ...