Kinesio Foundations Course Day 1

Sports Solutions hosted Day 1 of the Kinesio Foundations Course today. We have occupational therapists, physiotherapists, a medical doctor, a yoga instructor in our class this time.

With Dr Sangita and Sarah

Stay tuned for Day 2 tomorrow where there is a bigger emphasis on the Kinesio Medical Taping section instead of just the Kinesio Taping Methods where muscles, joint and tendons were the main focus. 

Some of the techniques include the Space Correction and webcut applications for bruising and swelling. We will also do the EDF (epidermis, dermis and fascia) and jellyfish taping. 

None of the other brands of tape have any of those techniques mentioned above.

Day 1 Of Kinesio Foundations Course

Sports Solutions hosted Day 1 of the Kinesio Foundations Course today. It's been quite a few years since we have had this course. During that course, we had 2 participants from Saudi Arabia. 

This time it's all local with 15 participants. We have 4 medical doctors, 1 dentist, 1 occupational therapist with physiotherapists rounding out the rest.

The course is now a two day in person course with a 4 hour online pre course. Compared to the 2 previous versions of the course, there is now a much bigger emphasis on the Kinesio Medical Taping section instead of just the Kinesio Taping Methods where muscles, joint and tendons were the main focus. 

Here are some of the pictures from today.

Stay tuned for Day 2 tomorrow.

Kinesio Foundations Course

I will be teaching the Kinesio Foundations course at Sports Solutions on the 21st and 22nd of June this year. This replaces the Kinesio Taping Assessments, Fundamental Concepts and Techniques (or Kinesio Taping Level 1-2) course previously.

The course is now a two day (16 hours) in person course with a 4 hour online pre course. Most if not all other taping courses takes place over just 2-4 hours. Compared to the 2 previous versions of the course, there is now a much bigger emphasis on the Kinesio Medical Taping section instead of just the Kinesio Taping Methods where muscles, joint and tendons were the main focus. 

Unlike other tapes, Kinesio Medical Taping utilizes much lower tensions (no pulling/ stretching of the tape) and thinly cut applications. There is a much bigger focus on skin and fascia stimulation to improve superficial, lymph and interstitial circulation. Hospitals in Singapore only use Kinesio tapes (and not other brands) when they have to treat patients with lymphedema.

Personally, I have great results using the EDF (epidermis, dermis and fascia), jellyfish and the Space Correction webcut applications with bruising and swelling. A patient with a partially torn calf muscle yesterday immediately felt better and could walk with less limping after the jellyfish application (pictured below.

Attendees will learn multiple taping techniques and be able to treat clinical cases using Kinesio tape alone or in conjunction with other strategies. There will be ample time to practice assessments, screenings and taping techniques to a variety of upper and lower body conditions.

Past participants have said that they were able to "immediately use the taping on the patients with good results" when they resumed work the day after attending the course.

Interested to attend the course? I have attached the link to sign up here. You can also email us if you need more details.

Kinesio Taping Instructor Recertification (CKTI) In Bangkok

I have not taught any Kinesio taping courses since 2019 in Malaysia, just before Covid-19 struck. In fact, the last course I taught in Singapore was in August 2018.

Kinesio Taping Association International needs our licence as a CKTI (certified Kinesio Taping Instructor) to be renewed  every 3 years to be able to teach again. There was an online recertification during the Covid years in 2021 which I attended, but due to the many rules in place I did not teach since then.

So I chose to come to the recertification in Bangkok since Alburqurque (held in October 2024) and Barcelona (January 2025) were much further away.

There was a memorial for Dr Kenso Kase (who passed away in August 2024) and Jim Wallis (December 2024) (a very senior instructor) at the event to honour them.

The course has definitely evolved. It is now called the Kinesio Foundations course (over 2 days) and we spent a lot of time (pictured below) over the last 2 days learning how to teach the new syllabus.

Sports Solutions will definitely be teaching the new Kinesio Foundations course. They will be held on 21st to 22nd June. Here's the link to sign up.

With Elisa Kase