Elastic therapeutic taping (ETT) is a tape used to control and/or guide motion. It is often confused with strapping where its primary purpose is used to stabilize, restrict or immobilize motion. Goals of ETT can include decreasing pain and abnormal sensation, reducing edema and inflammatory processes, normalizing muscle tone and abnormality of fascia involved in pathology, supporting weak muscles and preventing overstretch therefore reducing fatigue, reducing spasm or over contraction of a shortened muscle, improving range of motion, providing muscle and proprioceptive re-education, re-establishing muscular balance to correct misalignment, supporting/directing normal joint alignment, enhancing functional performance for ADLs and work/life activities via support and alignment of involved structures.
