Sports Pain: Taping
Greg Foot and Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton test tape said to relieve sports pain.
Sliced Bread · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
We’ve all seen athletes sporting brightly coloured stripes on the backs of their legs – but is kinesiology tape all it’s cracked up to be? Presenter Greg Foot is joined by Olympic medallist heptathlete Kelly Sotherton, along with consultant rheumatologist Dr Benjamin Ellis and Manchester United FC’s head of physical therapies Prof Michael Callaghan, to ask whether these products can, as some claim, help athletes train for longer and finish stronger?