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  2. Kinesiotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Kinesiotherapy or Kinesitherapy or kinesiatrics (kinēsis, "movement"), literally "movement therapy", is the therapeutic treatment of disease by passive and active muscular movements (as by massage) and of exercise. [1] [2] It is the core element of physiotherapy/physical therapy . Equivalents of the term "kinesiotherapy" are used in place of ...

  3. Kinetic Chain Exercises: Open and Closed - Healthline

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    Chest fly using dumbbells (open kinetic chain) Hold 1 dumbbell in each hand and lie flat on a weight bench. Bring your hands over your chest with arms slightly bent, so the dumbbells meet above ...

  4. How Physical Therapy (PT) Works - WebMD

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    Physical therapy (PT) is care that aims to ease pain and help you function, move, and live better. You may need it to: Relieve pain. Improve movement or ability. Prevent or recover from a sports ...

  5. Kinesiology Tape Benefits and Uses - Healthline

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    Re-educating muscles. Kinesiology tape can help re-train muscles that have lost function or that have gotten used to an unhealthy way of working. For example, kinesiology taping can be used to ...

  6. Kinesiology - Wikipedia

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    A series of images that represent research (left) and practice (right) in the field of academic kinesiology. Kinesiology (from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis) 'movement', and -λογία -logía 'study of') is the scientific study of human body movement. Kinesiology addresses physiological, anatomical, biomechanical, pathological ...

  7. 8 Common Types of Physical Therapy - Healthline

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    pain relief. improved mobility. enhanced strength and flexibility. increased balance and coordination. faster recovery from injuries or surgeries. prevention of future difficulties. education on ...

  8. Elastic therapeutic tape - Wikipedia

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    Elastic therapeutic tape, also called kinesiology tape or kinesiology therapeutic tape, Kinesio tape, k-tape, or KT [1] is an elastic cotton strip with an acrylic adhesive that is purported to ease pain and disability from athletic injuries and a variety of other physical disorders. [2] [3] [4] In individuals with chronic musculoskeletal pain ...

  9. Additionally, similar to other types of strength training, isokinetic exercise can also increase: muscle tone. strength. flexibility. balance. coordination. Strength training makes everyday ...