Keri Walsh is the Person with the Most Global Recognition that has Publicly Used Kensio Tape

In the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China, Keri Walsh came to the first and each subsequent Beach Volley Ball competition that was being broadcast around the world, wearing a unique looking black tape design on her repetitive stress induced shoulder injury. Many people had never seen Kinesio Tape before and mistook it for a Zen tattoo or a style statement, for good karma during the Games.

Instead, this proven medical technique offers a reliable alternative to pain pills, anti-inflamatory medication and steroid injections and allows the person being treated to avoid the complications. It is known as Kinesio Tape and is applied by Muscular Skeletal Specialists or Sports Medicine Trainers skilled in the art of Kinesiology Stretch Taping. This taping procedure has been documented to reduce swelling of injurred inflamed tissue, enhance circulation and stretch out the injured soft tissue and keep it more flexible and less prone for reinjury. It also acts as a support brace without the limits in motion or discomfort of a rigid brace or splint.

One commentator quoted Keri's expert trainer saying "Simply put, the stretch tape was like taking an Advil without the side effects, impact on reflexes or gastrointestinal complications."

This specialty stretch tapping technique or "black patch" allowed Keri to compete at the top of her sport in Beach Volleyball in the 2008 Summer Olympic Games without the complications of medication or the limits in mobility, discomfort and muscle attrophy common with rigid braces. She was able to consistenly stretch the soft tissue in her shoulder, eliminate swelling and reduce pain in her shoulder while competing for Olympic Gold with this simple taping procedure.

The key for Keri Walsh was finding a technique that works focusing on the area of the body where she needed help without having to take medication that would effect her whole body, dulling her reflexes and resulting in other complications that could inhibit her competitiveness. As one of the top athletes in the world, Keri Walsh's choice was a reliable muscular skeletal taping procedure which she had tested in practice and chose to wear to one of the biggest competitions of her life. As her play demonstrated, with the tape in place, she was able to compete at the top of her field despite the injury from repetitive strain of the soft tissue in her shoulder.

In fact, recognizing Ms.Walsh's new found competitive advantage, many of the other olympic volleyball teams began using the elastomeric stretch taping on their various injuries. In one semi-final match, all four players were wearing elastic muscular skeletal stretch tape to manage the soft tissue injuries which they were dealing with during the competition.

On August 21, 2008 Keri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor together won their second consecutive Olympic Gold Medal in Beach Volleyball. Keri had the familiar black therapeutic patch taped skillfully in place on her injured shoulder all during a tight and rainy finals match in the Chaoyang Park arena with over 12,000 dedicated fans huddling under their colorful umbrellas and ponchos and the rest of the world watching intently via television.

These cool wet conditions added additional strain to the flexibility of muscle, joints and ligaments for many of the olympians during these last days of the Beijing Games with devasting results for some, but not for Walsh and May-Treanor. This amazing atheletic duo beat a strong Chinese team in the finals despite home court advantage, challenging weather and loud vocal support for their competition by a local patriotic fan base. Walsh and May did not lose a set in the Beijing venue or in the 2004 Games in Athens. Congratulations go to All the Olympic Athletes in 2008, the Chinese for hosting the games and particularly to this remarkable team effort by Walsh and May. It was inspiring to watch!

Carpal Solution Therapy utilizes the same medical principles as those employed with Keri Walsh's Kinesio Stretch Tape Therapy. The difference is becasue of the unique design and specialized nature of the Carpal Solution you can self apply it in the convenience of your own home without the costs or inconvenience of employing a specially trained practitioner. The Carpal Solution is a DIY Kinesio Tape that is more cost effective with no time consuming trips to a clinic, yet it was designed by doctors and medical experts.

Some users say, "The Carpal Solution is like Breath Right Strips for your hand."

You too can be at your best, like Keri Walsh, without high risk invasive surgical procedures, extensive downtime, or the complications of pain medication or steroid therapy or the discomfort and immobility of rigid wrist splints. The Carpal Solution is a proven alternative treatment that works to eliminate your worst symptoms in weeks and put your syndrome in compete remission over the Six Week Stretching Therapy Protocol.

 

Muscular Skeletal Physiologists and Clinicians have been using carpal tunnel massage therapy and specialty elastic tapping for decades to enhance the body’s natural healing process, relieve pain, swelling, inflamation and numbness caused by soft tissue injuries such as CTS to successfully avoid invasive Carpal Tunnel Syndrome surgical procedures.

People often ask, "Why should I have surgery to solve a problem with inflamation in my joint?" This is a good question. There are so many well developed and effective alternative therapies that can solve the problem of inflamation without resorting to, for instance, Carpal Tunnel Surgery. These techniques improve blood circulation and lymphatic fluid exchange which results in more rapid regeneration of damaged tissue at the cellular level and dispersion of fluids contributing to swollen fascia tissue. These Carpal Tunnel Treatments have been proven to relieve pressure on the Median Nerve and eliminate the pain and symptoms of CTS.

Most people cannot afford the time and money to consistently visit a Muscular Skeletal Specialist for a nightly massage or specialty tapping over a six week period needed to achieve the best results for chronic syndromes like CTS. Even though routine stretching exercises done consistently for fifteen minutes five or six times per day will also help to minimize the effects of inflamation, most people get busy and do not remember or cannot afford the downtime to do the stretching required to get relief.

The Carpal Solution was designed by a Muscular Skeletal Specialist to empower CTS sufferers to access the much needed nightly stretching therapy, cost effectively and on a consistent basis in the comfort and privacy of one’s own home. It would be difficult to duplicate the effect of gentle stretching for eight hours each night in any other way. As such, The Carpal Solution is a relatively simple, but remarkable, medical breakthrough.