elastic tape

Flexible adhesive strip

Elastic tape is a stretchable adhesive bandage used in sports medicine and physical therapy to support muscles and joints while allowing movement.

Athletes wear it in colorful strips across shoulders, knees, and backs: The trainer applied elastic tape to her hamstring before the match.

Also called kinesiology tape or kinesio tape.

Related

tension · sports · sports medicine · kinesiology · flexible · support · athletic · binding · pull · recoil · rubber · compress · strapping · wound · ankle · knee · springy · roll

Opposites
flexibility/stretchability

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Perforated storage medium

cloth tape · duct tape · athletic tape · masking tape · surgical tape

rigidity of support

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Rigid fracture immobilizer

fiberglass cast

Family

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Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G