Editing Manual therapy (section)

=== Taping ===
{{Main|Elastic therapeutic tape}}

Manual therapy practitioners often use therapeutic taping to relieve pressure on injured soft tissue, alter muscle firing patterns or prevent re-injury.  Some techniques are designed to enhance [[lymphatic fluid]] exchange. After a soft tissue injury to muscles or tendons from sports activities, over exertion or [[repetitive strain injury]] swelling may impede blood flow to the area and slow healing.  Elastic taping methods may relieve pressure from swollen tissue and enhance circulation to the injured area.

According to the [[medical]] and [[skeptical]] community there is no known benefit from this technique and it is a [[pseudoscience]].<ref name=SBM2012>{{cite web|last1=Novella|first1=Steven|author-link1=Steven Novella|title=Olympic Pseudoscience|url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/olympic-pseudoscience/|website=Sciencebasedmedicine.org|publisher=Science-Based Medicine|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312234517/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/olympic-pseudoscience/|archive-date=12 March 2018|date=25 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=SBM2018>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Clay|title=A Miscellany of Medical Malarkey Episode 3: The Revengening|url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-miscellany-of-medical-malarkey-episode-3-the-revengening/|website=ScienceBasedMedicine.org|publisher=Science-Based Medicine|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313003054/https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/a-miscellany-of-medical-malarkey-episode-3-the-revengening/|archive-date=13 March 2018|date=9 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=WebMD>{{cite web|title=Kinesio Tape for Athletes: A Big Help, or Hype?|url=https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/kinesio-tape-athletes-help-hype#1|website=WebMD.com|publisher=Web MD|access-date=13 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312235007/https://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/features/kinesio-tape-athletes-help-hype#1|archive-date=12 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>