Taping & supports
Rigid where you want a joint to stop, elastic where you want it to move and still be held. The two get bought together and used together. Rigid zinc oxide strapping tape for the anchor and the lock, elastic adhesive bandage over the top so the job survives a session rather than peeling at the first sweat. Neither is a substitute for the other and most taping jobs use both. Kinesiology tape, which people also search for as KT tape, is a different job again. It stretches with the skin rather than restricting a joint, it is worn for days rather than a session, and it is here because clinics order it in the same basket as the rest. Compression stockings are sized by measurement rather than by shoe size or dress size, and the class matters as much as the fit. Getting either wrong is the reason most pairs end up in a drawer. Sizing is on each product page. What class suits you is a question for your prescriber rather than something to pick off a chart. Rigid tape is also the most commonly over ordered line in this category, because a part-used roll looks nearly finished long before it is. Worth a look in the drawer before anyone reorders.
Prices are indicative while the range is being finalised, and you cannot check out yet. Open any product to pre-order it, which takes an email address and no payment, and the price and the pack size are confirmed before anything is charged.
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Rigid anchors, elastic survives the session
Rigid zinc oxide tape does not stretch, which is the point of it: it is what stops a joint going where you do not want it to. Elastic adhesive bandage over the top lets the limb move without the strapping peeling off.
They are bought together and used together. A rigid tape job with no elastic over it comes apart; an elastic job with no rigid anchor does not restrict anything.
Kinesiology tape is a different job
Cotton elastic with a wave pattern adhesive, cut to shape, worn for days. It does not restrict a joint, which is the opposite of what strapping is for, so it is not a substitute for it.
Compression is sized on measurement
Class 1 knee high stockings are sized on ankle and calf circumference, not on shoe size. A stocking that is too big does nothing and one that is too small does not get worn.
Questions about taping & supports
If yours is not here, the contact form routes to the person who can answer it.
What is the difference between rigid strapping tape and EAB?
Is kinesiology tape the same as strapping tape?
How are compression stockings sized?
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