By using knee taping for stability, you can not only help provide stability to your knee but also relieve pain. But the exact reason why you’re choosing to tape your knee and the type of type you’re using affects how to go about it. I’ll show you how to apply it and why it works.
It takes a lot of trial and error to apply kinesiology tape so that it works properly (in this case, to provide knee stability). But with a good video (below), you can avoid wasting tape and get it right on the first try. I’ve had literally hundreds of people tell me it helped.
Here I’ll give you step-by-step taping method that helps with knee stabilization. Useful if you’re having pain while walking, running or playing other sports.
As always, I recommend seeing a Doctor or Physical Therapist to find out the primary cause of your pain. Taping it may only be masking an issue that you need to resolve.
Checkout some of the most common causes of knee pain from running >>
Types of Knee Tape
The two main kinds of Kinesiology tape that are used for knee stability:
Rigid Tape
As the name suggests, this type of tape doesn’t stretch and is meant to reduce movement as much as possible. This is generally that white tape you see athletic trainers using to wrap something…
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