Medical taping

Taping – applying self-adhesive tapes with or without an underwrap – goes by many other names in the profession: physiatric taping, sensotaping, kinesiotaping, orthotaping, medical taping, medical tapes and flossing. Conservative and invasive interventions on the musculoskeletal system are widely used in medicine, especially in physiatry, rheumatology and orthopaedics. Interventions are carried out on or in more or less every region of the body, depending on how common the disease processes are and on the accessibility and size of the joint. Applying proprioceptive tapes is a conservative, relatively safe and inexpensive method. It has been used for a long time and, because of its many mechanical, functional, pain-relieving and psychological effects, it is frequently used in physiatry.

Faktor Zdravlje Polyclinic runs workshops for doctors on the use and application of taping at the highest medical level, while other healthcare and non-healthcare professionals gain basic experience through their own use and self-help.