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August 2, 2012 10:08 am PDT
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Olympic "K-Tape" unproven, scientists say
Alexis Madrigal on the weird tape that Olympic athletes are sticking on themselves: It's called kinesio (or just 'k') tape. Athletes use the tape as a kind of elastic brace that they say helps relieve pain. The tape and technique were developed by Kenso Kase thirty years ago in Japan. Since then, many companies have [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/Q8OfAJyQYEU/olympic-k-tape-unproven-s.html
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