Kinesio Taping
Kinesio Taping method was first proposed in 1973 by a Japanese doctor Kenzo Kase. Kinesio Taping found its supporters on a world-wide basis, because started to be widely used in sports medicine, rehabilitation, physiotherapy.
The principle of method consists in the tape glueing to injured place (damaged muscles, chorda, or hematoma) in a special way. There are several ways of glueing tape depending on the expectation. The tape elasticity is similar to the human skin elasticity, that's why it compensates the part of load on the injured places.