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Bri is a Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture. Bri has a passion for musculoskeletal medicine and combines her acupuncture and her qualification as a remedial massage therapist to provide her patients her dual perspective in the management of their injury.

In addition Bri has a special interest in Cosmetic Acupuncture, and can assist you to get that youthful appearance without the botox!

Bri will be consulting from both our Armadale and Bentleigh East practices.

To celebrate our expanding team, we have convinced Bri to offer a $25 OFF discount on the first consultation for you or your family & friends. Simply book a consultation for Chinese Medicine / Acupuncture in June or July to receive your special discount.

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Kinesiology means the study of movement. Spidertech Kinesiology taping is a type of therapeutic taping that is gaining in popularity amongst therapists and elite sports people the world over. Normal fleshy coloured rigid tape that has been used for ages is much stiffer and has been used forever to strap a body part to protect an injury. The problem is that it limits normal movement. Here is where Spidertech Kinesiology taping comes in..

Kinesiology taping is manufactured to mimic the properties of skin. It is a very lightweight, non-allergenic cotton taping that has a 30% stretch to it.

It has 3 basic uses:
• Its used for supporting the body while it moves, rather than blocking movement. This supported movement helps the body deal with pain.
• It can be used to reduce swelling from an injury and speed up recovery
• It is mostly used to reduce pain sensations and thereby help the body restore more normal muscle activity.It stays on for up to 5 days, constantly stimulating your body to override pain sensation, thus providing you “therapy” between treatment sessions.

How does it do all that?

By stimulating receptors in the skin using the specialised taping applications, trained physiotherapists, chiropractors, osteopaths and myotherapists can now have an overriding effect on the transmission of the pain messages to the brain. If the brain isn’t receiving the pain signals, it figures that it doesn’t need to make the muscles go into protective spasm. Clever, aren’t we?

Spidertech is the only company to manufacture Pre Cut taping applications for different body parts. This means that the taping application can be consistently re-applied to your skin in an effective accurate re-producible manner. Its also means that someone can be taught to reapply the tape to you at home or while you are away, giving you longer lasting benefits.

As for the bright colours of the tape, opinions differ as to if they actually make a difference or not, my information is they don’t, but they do keep things cheerful!

So next time you can see anyone with this type of taping, you will know they are getting “therapy between treatment sessions”

Come in and see us at More Than Physio today or ask your own therapist to Spidertech tape you next time you are in pain.

Check out www.spidertechtape.com.au or see what international athletes are saying on our Spidertech Facebook Site about how Spidertech is helping them perform at their peak

You heard the commentators talk about it.
You saw the players wearing it.

So what’s with all the different coloured tapes that tennis players Li Na and Novak Djokovic were brandishing on their finely tuned bodies in their respective Australian Open finals matches?

It’s called kinesiology tape and would you believe it’s been around over 30 years?
First developed by Japanese Chiropractor, kinesiology tape is made from a cotton weave which is lightweight and elastic to mimic the properties of skin.
You may have first noticed it on many of the Beijing Olympics athletes, and it is now becoming more utilised in the mainstream by athletes and their therapists.
What’s so special about kinesiology tape you may ask yourself?

Kinesiology taping offers many unique benefits not traditionally available from the more rigid types of sports strapping / tape:
It provides a support to the body while it moves without preventing normal movement
It can be used to reduce swelling and bruising and so speeds up healing
It can be used to reduce pain and thus normalise muscle activity normally affected by pain.
It can be used to prevent injury in an area by supporting it and optimising muscular activity to support the body part it is used on.

There are many different brands on the market of varying qualities of the tape (and the adhesive). This is important bearing in mind that kinesiology tape can be worn for up to 7 days while exercising and going about normal daily activities. The better the quality, the less likely it is to cause skin irritation and the longer it will last.
SpiderTech is an innovative company leading the way in the field of Kinesiology taping with their premium quality, ingenious patented “pre-cut applications” and their single minded focus on therapist education. SpiderTech’s biomechanically designed pre-cut shapes for each body part makes application much quicker and more easily re-producible to deliver consistently good benefits. As a physiotherapist I can tell you that time is of the essence when you are treating many patients and having something easy, more accurate and time efficient to apply makes a lot of sense.
Don’t just take my word for it. Athletes can also tell the difference. Since her Australian Open success, Li Na has just joined the SpiderTech Team of sponsored athletes. The astute Novak Djokovic was also very keen to use Spidertech shoulder application in his Australian Open final. At his physios request I dropped some off for him over the weekend which was prominently displayed on his right shoulder each time he removed his shirt.
You don’t have to be an elite athlete to benefit. Spidertech taping is helpful for many conditions and is benefitting the general population in all age groups.

So, now you know there is more to Kinesiology taping & SpiderTech than a fashion trend.
Next time you have an injury or want to prevent one, be sure to ask your physio to” SpiderTech tape you!”

More Than Physio has certified SpiderTech practitioners on its team ready to help you recover from your injuries. Call us on 9500 8656
 

Darron Goralsky
Physiotherapist & Education Consultant for SpiderTech Aus & NZ

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