![]() If you are regularly using RockTape in the water, consider using RockTape H2O, our specialist tape with extra stick for use in water. Why not get it on the night before and sleep in it? That is the best way to ensure it is well stuck for your morning exercise. Or use a hair dryer or place a moderately warm heat pack over the RockTape for a minute or two create some warmth to really activate the adhesive to shorten the lead time for exercise. The adhesive in the tape is heat activated, so you ideally want to have the tape on an hour before exercise, or even two hours before water based exercise. Get it on early: RockTape lasts 3-5 days, so you really don’t need to be applying it at the last minute before exercise. ![]() Once again, this is REALLY IMPORTANT when taping around shoulders. But the ideal scenario for most applications is to stretch the body part that you are taping and only apply a very small amount of stretch to the tape. Stretch the body part, not the tape: RockTape is stretchy stuff! For the newbies to taping, it is really tempting to pull a lot of the stretch out of the tape as you apply it.THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN AREAS WHERE THERE IS A LOT OF SKIN MOVEMENT, LIKE AROUND THE SHOULDER If you have a very small patch of irritation on the skin where the tape started or finished, this is most likely the cause. The anchor for the decompression strip needs to be a little longer, ideally 5cm, as the tension applied to the decompression piece of tape is more than the longitudinal piece of tape. This anchor means the tape is going to stay stuck better, but most importantly, it reduces the risk of skin traction injuries that can occur right at the very end of the tape. No tension on the first or last inch of tape: each end of the tape needs at least an inch (2.5cm for those who only know metric!) of UNSTRETCHED “anchor”.We want your tape to last 3-5 days, so this is important! Once this lifts, the rest of the tape can peel off very quickly. The reason we do this is that the corners are much more likely to catch on clothing, towels, sheets etc and cause the edge of the tape to lift. Round the corners: this means cutting the corners off your RockTape before applying.We have listed some steps below to ensure that you get the most out of your RockTape application, and also reduce the risk of any skin issues. Very occasionally, some skin sensitivity can occur, but this is much more likely to be “operator error” than a true reaction to the tape itself. Because of these two properties, RockTape is generally considered to be very good for skin of all ages. RockTape is considered to be hypoallergenic as the adhesive is an acrylic adhesive and contains no zinc oxide. RockTape is great for taping injuries, and can often successfully alleviate the symptoms associated with common complaints such as back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain and calf/achilles pain.
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