Many of my clients ask if Kinesio® Tape really works, or if it’s just a placebo. After using Kinesio Tape in my clinics for over 11 years and teaching it for 5, I know it does more than just make our muscles feel a bit more supported. The key is using it the right way—by assessing first, applying the tape correctly, then checking the results. Done properly, it helps people feel genuine changes to the level of pain, improvements in range of motion and strength.and ulitmately recover faster from all types of physical challenges to our body. Whether the challenges are from surgery, injury, degeneration or simply from walking an excited dog, Kinesiotaping has a place in our clinics to help all of our patients.

The first weekend in October this year brought together the researchers and Kinesiotaping therapists and instructors to Turkey for the KTA® Turkey  Kinesio Medical Taping International Research Symposium. The results of this research symposium have been published in the Journal of Exercise Therapy and Rehabilitation. 2026;Sup (7)

Having read through the research I realised that what we as Kinesio® Taping Practitioners do is so much more than just "putting on tape" We work on more than just the skin. More than just muscles and more than just pain. Please have a read of the  Research symposium Published Research.  You will then be able see the groundbreaking treatment this therapuetic tool can bring to your clinic and to ulitmately help you clients and patients move and feel better. Being an educated and trained Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP) allows you to bring the results of this symposium directly to your patients. 

Some of the 32 research presentations include:

KTA® Turkey Presents Kinesio Medical Taping International Research Symposium Atlas University October 02-04, 2026 ISTANBUL www.jetr.org.tr 

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

S1 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analyses Show That Kinesio Medical Taping Has Substantial and Heterogenous Effects Causing Local Lengthening and Shortening of Tissues of the Musculoskeletal System Can A. YUCESOY

S2 Kinesio Taping®: A Possible Interpretative Model of the Mechanisms of Action of a Mechanical Skin Stimulation Technique Massimo ZOCCHI

S3 Does Kinesio Tape Really Increase the Epidermal- Dermal Distance and Reduce the Pain and Inflammation? A Histological Study Nihan KARATAS

S4 Immediate Effect on Pain and Rom After Applying Kinesio Taping® to an Osteoarthritic Knee with Grade Iv Patellofemoral Chondropathy Txema AGUIRRE

S5 Placebo Kinesio Taping Application in Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials: A Systematic Review Dalibor KISELJAK

S6 Kinesiotaping for the Overhead Athlete’s Shoulder: Systematic Review and the Evidence Gap Map Elif TURGUT

S7 Navigating the Diagnostic Labyrinth of Fascia Disorders: Successful Management with Kinesio Taping After Multiple Specialist Referrals Kenneth WUTOH

S8 Pediatric Kinesio taping Medical Taping International Research Symposium Audrey Yasukawa and Patricia (Trish) Martin

S9 Kinesio Medical Taping (EDF) in Sports Injury Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Clinical Applications for Functional Recovery Gul BALTACI and Stefano FRASSINE

S10 Cutaneous Mechanotransduction, Affective Touch, and Clinical Outcomes: A Neurophysiological Model for Kinesiotaping Troy LAVIGNE

S11 Kinesio Taping in Upper Extremity Lymphedema: A Clinical Perspective Pinar BORMAN

The findings covered in these oral presentations and the rest of the 32  presentations are found in the following PDF link.