Taping for knee pain

Knee osteoarthritis is a widespread clinical picture, which is usually caused by age-related wear and tear or incorrect/overloading of the knee joint over a longer period of time. The cartilaginous joint surface is damaged. This results in pain that initially only exists when running away, later on it becomes persistent pain under load or finally even pain at rest.

Kinesio-Tapes have also proven to be effective in cases of knee joint arthrosis and have already brought relief to many patients. If you have pain in the hollow of the knee, you cut two long strips of tape. These are then stuck onto the two large muscle strands to the right and left of the hollow of the knee with the leg stretched.

If the pain is more in the front or inside the joint, the tape bandage is also applied more in the front. For example, a wide strip of tape can be incised from below to create a Y-shaped strip. The beginning of the strip is taped above the kneecap, and the two legs of the Y are then led past the kneecap in an arc on the right and left side with the knee bent, so that they meet again below the kneecap. For stabilization, another strip of tape can be stuck horizontally over the area below the kneecap where the two Y-legs meet again.

Tapes to support the kneecap

The kneecap can be stabilized very well with tapes. Some people tend to so-called patella dislocations, in which the patella slips out of its bony slide bearing. This can be very painful and in the long term lead to damage to the knee joint.

Some people also suffer from retropatellar arthrosis, in which arthrotic changes have formed directly behind the patella. This can also be very painful. Kinesio-Tapes can be applied to stabilize the kneecap and relieve the joint.

As described above, a Y-shaped tape bandage can also be applied here. The tape is stuck with its continuous end above the patella, the two legs of the Y are applied to the right and left in an arc along the patella so that both ends meet again below the patella. The kneecap itself remains free.

For better stabilization, two additional adhesive strips can be attached horizontally above or below the patella. As an alternative to the Y-shaped tape, two independent long strips of tape can be used, which are applied to the right and left of the patella so that they meet at the top and bottom. Two more tape strips should then be applied horizontally above and below the kneecap for fixation. The strips are applied with the knee bent so that the skin above the kneecap folds when the leg is subsequently stretched.