Dynamic taping method for inhibition and elicitation of skeletal muscle tone
OwnerCharise Marie Vaccainventor
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Abstract
Is a taping method that follows a specific set of rules based on anatomical and physiological patterns in humans. This taping method causes a change in skeletal muscle tone in the human body, when tape is directly applied to the skin of the human body over targeted tendons and surrounding structures going over joints. This taping method will inhibit the muscle tone in the antagonist muscle of the opposing side of the joint where the tape is applied, while simultaneously eliciting the agonist of the muscle that are attached by the tendon of the joint where the tape is applied.
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A dynamic taping method of a joint to control tone in associated skeletal muscles:
- the joint including a joint capsule, fascia, retinaculum, at least one tendon, at least one ligament, and associated tensile structures;
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- the associated skeletal muscles including at least one agonist muscle and at least one antagonist muscle, each including a distal surface and a proximal surface, a distal myotendinous junction and a proximal myotendinous junction and a muscle belly;
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- the joint and associated skeletal muscles having proprioceptors and mechanoreceptors including Golgi tendon organs, Paciniform corpuscles, Pacinian corpuscles, Ruffini's endings, nuclear bag and nuclear chain fibers, interstitial type III and IV muscle receptors, and muscle spindle fibers, without penetrating skin, the method comprising the step of:
- avoiding muscle bellies, applying a first piece of dynamic adhesive medical tape in tension to the skin surface of the at least one agonist muscle and across the joint and in parallel to at least one tendon to place the Golgi tendon organs in tension, thereby eliciting increased muscle tone in the agonist muscle.
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