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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Talk to me about kt tape
I have crappy knees...patellar instability is the big problem. I had a meniscus shaved when I was 19 because I'd dislocated my knee so many times that I tore the cartilage to holy hell.
Fast forward to two years ago, when I dislocated it again, really badly. It's all healed up, but I have some anxiety around running long distances because I'm nervous it will give out on me, even though that has not happened. I'm just a nervous Nellie.
I have a 15k next weekend, and have been training quite a bit. No knee problems other than a little soreness now and again. So my question is...would it hurt to tape up? even if it was just for peace of mind?
Talk me off the ledge, people!
2012 Races:
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run (4m) 1/1/12
Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks Run (5k) 3/4/12
Colon Cancer Challenge (15k) 4/1/12
Purple Stride NYC (5k) 4/21/12
Run to Combat Autism (5k) 4/29/12
RnR Philadelphia (Half Marathon) 9/16/12
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run (4m) 1/1/12
Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks Run (5k) 3/4/12
Colon Cancer Challenge (15k) 4/1/12
Purple Stride NYC (5k) 4/21/12
Run to Combat Autism (5k) 4/29/12
RnR Philadelphia (Half Marathon) 9/16/12
Re: Talk to me about kt tape
GP buddy to blenderdance
I'm a new user of kt tape. Even if you applied it all wrong, you wouldn't hurt yourself, but you wouldn't be helping either. I really like it. I wrap anace bandage or gauze around it after I shower or to bed because it prevents the edges from coming loose and the tape lasts longer.
I've tried two different applications so far, light support and full knee support. Light knee worked better for me, believe it or not. Maybe try each app for a couple days to see where you feel more comfortable. It helpedme improve because I felt more confident using my knee and I wasn't changing my form anticipating pain. You might try looking up inner knee or meniscus applications too.
Here is a video to full knee support, which even discusses the meniscus in the text on the page
http://www.kttape.com/instructions/full-knee-support/
Here is the app I prefer
Yes, yes we should!!!
Emerald Nuts Midnight Run (4m) 1/1/12
Coogan's Salsa, Blues, and Shamrocks Run (5k) 3/4/12
Colon Cancer Challenge (15k) 4/1/12
Purple Stride NYC (5k) 4/21/12
Run to Combat Autism (5k) 4/29/12
RnR Philadelphia (Half Marathon) 9/16/12
I've been using KT tape on my long runs for about 10 months. I love it, and swear its one of the reasons I made it through race season w/o any injuries. I also have some patella tracking issues.
I use the light application - which is no longer on the KT TAPE website. You can see the video on youtube here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODusRz1fX50
The link to my blog in my sig has a billion pictures of me w/ KT tape on my right knee.
Hi,
KT Tape would be a great solution for your knee problems. Try this application: http://bit.ly/ws3zsc. You can pick it up in a lot of places. Here is our store locator to find a store near you. http://www.kttape.com/store-locator/