Recommend Baby Oil to Remove Kinesiology Tape

November 2015

Patients will ask you whether kinesiology tape (KT Tape, SpiderTech, etc) relieves pain or improves sports performance.

This colourful, elastic adhesive tape is promoted to reduce pain and inflammation, enhance muscle function, and increase range of motion.

One theory is that it helps lift the skin away from injured muscles...leading to improved blood flow and decreased swelling.

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Table of Contents

Diabetes Don't be too Quick to Jump on the Jardiance (empagliflozin) Bandwagon
Contraceptives Consider Ella to Prevent Pregnancy if it's 4 or 5 Days Since Unprotected Sex
Diabetes how regular or NPH insulin compares to insulin analogs in type 2 diabetes
Sports Medicine Recommend Baby Oil to Remove Kinesiology Tape
Homeopathy Tell Patients Not to Use Homeopathic Nosodes to Prevent Infection
Aspirin LESS use of aspirin to prevent a FIRST heart attack or stroke
Supplements Tell Patients to Forget About Using Prevagen for Memory
Chronic Pain more clarity on treating neuropathic pain
Sinusitis shift away from antibiotic use for chronic sinusitis
Pediatrics New concerns are emerging about respiratory depression in kids taking tramadol