by rocktapeuk | Feb 29, 2016 | Uncategorised
As a quick introduction, my name is Luke Ursell and I train motocross athletes from amateurs all the way up to pro and British championship contenders out of my gym in Derby. Training for motocross can be extremely taxing on the body and requires a lot of...
by rocktapeuk | Feb 23, 2016 | ice hockey, Rocktape Kinesiology Tape
As a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist I often use tape as an adjunct to treatment to facilitate and encourage correct movement patterns with my patients. I joined the Great Britain Ice Hockey Team in early 2015 as physio for the U18s squad having never seen an Ice...
by rocktapeuk | Feb 17, 2016 | Studies
Let’s face it… planks are boring. But they’re also effective, especially if you mix up how you’re using them. All too often athletes will get into a plank position, hold it for as long as they can, and call it good. That’s not the worst idea in the world,...
by rocktapeuk | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorised
Dr. Steve Capobianco, head of Medical Education for RockTape, was recently interviewed by The Evidence Based Chiropractor – you can listen to the podcast right...
by rocktapeuk | Feb 5, 2016 | Reviews, Rocktape Kinesiology Tape
To say I was a little dubious about the rock tape course was an understatement. I’m an engineer in the military with, at the time, very little knowledge of physiology and couldn’t get my head around how tape could do so much to help the body. The two day...
by rocktapeuk | Jan 26, 2016 | Cycling, ice hockey, Rocktape Kinesiology Tape
We reached out to the UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling team to get their thoughts on RockTape Kinesiology Tape. Check them out below! When did you first begin using kinesiology tape and how were you introduced to it? Linda Villumsen: Back in 2007 when racing a world cup...
by rocktapeuk | Jan 19, 2016 | ice hockey, Rocktape Kinesiology Tape, Sponsorship
RockTape Sponsors the GB Men’s Ice Hockey team. Ice Hockey UK have extended their deal with RockTape – the leading provider of kinesiology tape – to include Great Britain Men. RockTape, who began their sponsorship with IHUK for GB U20s’...
by rocktapeuk | Jan 12, 2016 | Medical, Rocktape Kinesiology Tape
0%. Null. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. The September 2015 issue of Men’s Health proclaimed this is the amount of “measurable change in people’s strength when they lifted weights†while wearing kinesiology tape.[1] We’ve been telling people the same thing since the...
by rocktapeuk | Jan 12, 2016 | Uncategorised
Most people don’t think of strength training as a necessary part of being a better runner, but it is an important routine to get into for anyone putting miles on their shoes. The stigma against strength training for runners has always been twofold: first, that to be...
by rocktapeuk | Dec 16, 2015 | Guest Posts
By Tom Colwill BSc Sports Therapist | Strength & Conditioning Coach RockDoc and ROCKTAPE Ambassador The University of Bath was the location for the introduction weekend for the British Keelboat Academy. 36 sailors from around the country all meeting up to develop...
