RockTape

RockTape Brand

When people say RockTape, most people immediately think of colourful tape on high performance athletes. However, RockTape is actually just the brand of a company that offers various athletic medical supplies. The market that they target is in fact the athletic population. They are known for their athletic tape/kinesiotape/athletic therapeutic tape. — They offer the stickiest and most adhesive athletic tape on the market.

What does it do?

My patients always ask me what RockTape does and if it can help them with their problems. I do not recommend RockTape for everyone but I do recommend it for most people that suffer from acute and chronic problems, such as ankle sprains or low back pain. When you apply the tape on the skin, the brain is constantly reminded that there is a stimuli/sensation on that particular area of the body. Your brain is subconsciously more aware of the area (proprioception) due to the constant stimulus which decrease pain sensation because the tape is stimulating the mechanoreceptors (mechanical/physical/pressure skin receptors) in the area, compared to only nociceptors (pain receptors). So in other word, the tape overrides/distracts the the brain with physical touch rather than pain sensation. Another developing theory is that the tape can ever so slightly lift the superficial skin layer off from the deep fascial layer (connective tissue in the body) and allow for better fluid dynamics underneath the tape, which leads to better healing and less swelling/edema.

Who is it NOT for?

The only population that I don’t ever suggest tape for are those that have skin sensitivities to the adhesive properties. Other than that, there should be no reason for you to stay away from RockTape.

RockTape vs. RockTape+ vs. RockTapeH20

3 different levels of adhesiveness/stickiness.

• RockTape is the standard/original product that offers great adhesiveness for most conditions.

• RockTapeRx is meant for skin sensitive people and offers slightly less adhesive so that the risk of irritation is less.

• RockTape H20 is definitely the most adhesive of them all. The H20 (water) stands for extra resistant to liquid/water/sweat. This level of tape is great for individuals that are very active and sweating constantly.

They also offer their tape in 5mm width or 10mm width. I generally prefer 5mm for most areas of the body but the 10mm can definitely come in handy when dealing with larger areas such as the low back.