Taping method for inhibition of skeletal muscle tone

A taping method to control tone in a skeletal muscle, the skeletal muscle including a lateral surface and a medial surface, a proximal myotendinous junction and a distal myotendinous junction, Golgi tendon organs, Ruffini's endings, interstitial type III and IV muscle receptors, and muscle spindle fibers, without penetrating skin, comprising the step of:

• applying medical adhesive tape to the skin over the muscle belly and avoiding the myotendinous junction to activate proprioceptors and mechanoreceptor structures in the muscle;
• wherein the tape is initially applied to the skin and in parallel to activated muscle spindle fibers, each having a nuclear bag and nuclear chain fibers, to immobilize the nuclear bag and nuclear chain fibers to inhibit transmission of sensory information to the central nervous system and inhibit firing of a motor neuron to stop the extrafusal muscle fibers from contracting, thereby inhibiting muscle tone and muscle contraction.