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Kinesiology tape for cancer symptom relief

KINESIOLOGY TAPE FOR CANCER SYMPTOM RELIEF

Necessary treatments for people with cancer can result in a number of unpleasant side effects, which can markedly affect quality of life. Kinesiology tape can be used to help to reduce the severity of these symptoms and while it may not work for everybody, it can help in a number of cases and provide symptomatic relief.

What can kinesiology tape help with?

Kinesiology tape can be applied over the following areas where appropriate. Your physiotherapist would take a thorough history of your case and work out what may be helpful for you. We can also show a family member or carer how to apply the tape if you find it helps you feel better.

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Ribs and diaphragm to help breathing, diaphragmatic expansion and reduce fluid retention

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Liver to support function

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Abdomen to help with bloating and nausea, and aid digestion

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Back- to help with back pain and posture.
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Areas of fluid retention and lymphoedema

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How does kinesiology tape work?

Kinesiology tape probably works in a number of ways. Some of these ways include the following

  • Skin, epidermis and dermis are neurologically and fascially involved
  • Application of the tape provides proprioception of the target tissues
  • The nervous system can be influenced through the skin, which further influences the target tissues.
  • Effect on fascia and the lymphatic system
  • Support for fluid balance within the tissues

Will it definitely work for me?

Unfortunately, there are no guarantees that this will work for everyone, but when it does work, it can be a drug free, non-invasive way to provide symptomatic relief.

Study in Jane’s name could help thousands of cancer patients lead fuller lives

The Jane Tomlinson Appeal has previously funded pioneering research study into this new treatment that could help improve the lives of thousands of cancer patients.

Funds provided by the Appeal, enabled scientists at Leeds Beckett University to examine whether a sports medicine technique could give patients undergoing cancer treatments a life-changing boost.

Clinic director Alison Rose treated Jane in her final few months with kinesiology tape. For Jane, the application of the tape in a specific way helped to lift her rib cage, giving her organs, which had swollen during her cancer treatments, more space to move.

It reduced Jane’s pain levels and relieved pressure on her stomach, restoring her ability to eat and drink. Her family say the treatment improved her quality of life immeasurably.

Now, scientists at Leeds Beckett – funded by the Jane Tomlinson Appeal and with the support of Alison, have done some work into whether this same treatment could help other cancer patients. More research is needed in the future to examine this further.

You can read more about the study here and the case study, recently published, detailing the kinesiology taping technique here.

If you would like to book an appointment with a physiotherapist experienced in treating cancer patients with the application of taping, please speak to a member of our admin team.

PATIENT TESTIMONIALS
Over the years I have worked with a number of the physios at CSPC, I have found them to be up to date with their thinking and treatments, willing to share their knowledge with one and other and clients. I always recommend CSPC to friends and clients. They have helped hold body and soul together, thank you.

I am absolutely delighted with the shockwave treatment I have received at CSPC physiotherapy Clinic and the results it has produced. Each session has measurably reduced the size of my bursitis to the point it has almost gone, with corresponding improvement in my range of movement and comfort in the affected area. It has also ameliorated calcification in my shoulder. A great big thank you to Alison and Julianna for your help!

I cannot believe how well I feel. Four years ago, I felt consigned to the ‘rust pile’, today I feel ‘shiny’ and ready for the next challenge. CSPC can seriously alter your way of life …for the better.

Within the one hour appointment I received hands on treatment that relieved most of my pain and by the evening I was breathing and moving pain free. By the following morning I was back to ‘full dad duties’ much to the surprise of my partner, who with seeing how quickly I had recovered, started to think I’d made it all up to have a good rest!

After a long car journey to Leeds, I arrived with some discomfort in my upper back that worsened over the next day to the point that I could hardly breathe or move without feeling excruciating pain.

I’d done a gym session a week or so previously and had felt some discomfort in my back but rested and thought nothing of it. A long car journey combined with caring for two young children resulted in me having excruciating back pain and if it wasn’t for getting an emergency appointment at CSPC physiotherapy clinic I would not have made it home and probably checked myself into A&E!

Within the one hour appointment I received hands on treatment that relieved most of my pain and by the evening I was breathing and moving pain free. By the following morning I was back to ‘full dad duties’ much to the surprise of my partner, who with seeing how quickly I had recovered, started to think I’d made it all up to have a good rest!
Thanks CSPC physiotherapy for getting me back to my best – super quickly!

JACK

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