K Taping: An Illustrated Guide

This book is intended to serve as a reference work for trained »K-Tapers« and a useful everyday

tool for practitioners. It includes a variety of indications for treatment, and is full of information

and advice based on over 12 years of experience.

K-Taping can support an extraordinarily wide range of therapies and represents an effective

tool for every physical therapist and doctor who knows the method. Practitioners do not need

to employ medicines or other pharmaceutical agents: simply applying the correct technique in

conjunction with the appropriate K-Tape produces optimal results. Over the last twelve years

K-Taping – based in the German K-Taping Academy – has established itself in nearly 40 countries

and has become a standard component of physiotherapy treatment. Though K-Taping has devel

oped considerably in that time and the K-Taping Academy has conducted successful studies with

partners including the research division of Charité Berlin, many aspects of the method present

vital prospects for continuing research and experimentation.

K-Taping is hardly a passing trend in the field of professional medical training, but instead has

rightfully achieved a solid international standing in the field on the basis of the K-Taping Academy’s

years of hard work and professional research. This internationally recognized status is also the

product of the uniform and well-founded training program offered by the Academy worldwide and

held in the respective home languages. As a result the K-Taping approach and the Academy’s train

ing have not only been recognized in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for several years, but the

Academy has also been accredited by professional associations in Australia, France (SFMKS),

Croatia and Canada, and by the Board of Certification (BOC) in the USA. Participants receive

continuing education points for their training and in many cases it is also possible to receive state

educational funding (e.g. educational »checks« and vouchers (Bildungsschecks and Bildungsgut

scheine)) or support through other programs.

This book extensively details the fundamentals of K-Taping and its many-faceted applications,

and is mainly geared towards trained K-Taping therapists. Those who would like to learn and use

this valuable and effective therapy method in their work should first complete the Academy train

ing and not attempt to learn it on their own, as it is only in supervised, practical training that one

can learn how to correctly apply the special techniques required when working with elastic K-Tape,

and learn the specific body positioning needed when treating athletes or other patients. Only

then can elastic tape be transformed into a unique and effective instrument to support the work of

doctors and physical therapists alike.