K Taping An Illustrated Guide

Birgit Kumbrink's bestselling guide to K Taping - finally available in English! This richly illustrated hands-on guidebook features a highly successful therapeutic approach to treating orthopedic, traumatological and many other conditions. It serves both

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The K-Taping Method

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The Four Application Techniques

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Muscle Applications

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Ligament Applications

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Corrective Applications

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Applications for Specific Indications

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Lymphatic Applications References Subject Index

Birgit Kumbrink Born 1972 4 1990: Completed training as a Certified Masseur and Balneotherapist 4 1993: Completed education as a Physical Therapist 4 2000: Became Director of the K-Taping Academy Continuing Professional Education 4 Manual therapy 4 Manual lymphatic drainage 4 PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) 4 Trained as an APM (Acupuncture Massage) therapist

Birgit Kumbrink K Taping An Illustrated Guide 4 Basics 4 Techniques 4 Indications

Birgit Kumbrink

K Taping An Illustrated Guide 4 Basics 4 Techniques 4 Indications

With 450 illustrations in colour

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Birgit Kumbrink K-Taping Academy Wildbannweg 10 44229 Dortmund

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978-3-642-12931-5 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York

Bibliographic information Deutsche Bibliothek The Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in Deutsche Nationalbibliographie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the internet at . This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer Medizin Springer-Verlag GmbH ein Unternehmen von Springer Science+Business springer.de © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2012 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Planning: Marga Botsch, Heidelberg Project management: Heidemarie Wolter, Heidelberg Translated into English from the German by Norma Dickson, Großer Steinweg 16, 35390 Gießen Anatomic drawings in chapter 3: Appell u. Staug-Voss (1996) Anatomic drawings in chapter 4: Tillmann (2005) Cover design: deblik Berlin Typesetting: Fotosatz-Service Köhler GmbH – Reinhold Schöberl, Würzburg 106/2111 – 5 4 3 2 1 0

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Preface Dear Reader, This book is intended to serve as a reference work for trained »K-Tapers« and a useful everyday tool for practitioners. It includes a variety of indications for