Archive for September, 2010
A healthy addiction to Rocktape
My daughter Shanelle is 12 and is addicted to ‘Rocktape!’. Shanelle trains 24 – 26 hours per week at the State Gymnastics Centre in Perth, in the sport of Rhythmic Gymnastics. She is a two time Australian All Around Champion and over the past two years has won six gold medals and two silver medals in ... [READ MORE HERE]
Perth seminar – Saturday 23rd of October
Rocktape will conduct its second seminar in Perth on Saturday the 23rd of October. It will be held at Murdoch University. It will cover an introduction to kinesiology taping, rehab specific taping, oedema/inflammation taping, postural control, pregnancy taping, functional movement analysis, power taping and sports performance taping. For more information and registration details contact Brett ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape available at Riders Choice in Leederville
Rocktape can be purchased from Riders Choice who are located at Unit 4/ 106 Oxford St Leederville, (www.riderschoice.com.au). Demand from consumers dictated that we found a retail outlet to provide an alternative to purchasing Rocktape on line. Particularly after Rocktape attended the Cyclosportiff cycling event at Waroona last weekend, where we provided free taping for many ... [READ MORE HERE]
Server issues causing website and email being offline
Our server provider has experienced some issues over the last 4 days (Friday – Monday), and our website and emails have been offline for lengthy periods of time. The problem has now been rectified and we apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you. If you have sent us an email during that period ... [READ MORE HERE]
Melbourne seminar – Saturday 9th of October
The second Australian Rocktape seminar to be held at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne on October the 9th is generating a lot of interest. Attendees confirmed so far include representatives from AFL clubs, A League clubs, an elite athlete who represented Australia in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, a high profile medical personality, as ... [READ MORE HERE]
City to Surf 12km – Greg Margo (Rocktape eliminates shin splints soreness)
In the months leading up to the 2010 Perth City to Surf I had virtually all of my training hindered by constant shin splints. I had tried almost everything to overcome the pain; e.g. stretching, running on grass, applying tiger balm and even purchased expensive new fitted running shoes, however regardless of what I ... [READ MORE HERE]
City to Surf Marathon – Tony Stahl
After a less than perfect lead up program I was relatively relaxed for marathon number 21 and I was looking forward to testing Rocktape over 42km. I was wearing it on the lateral side of both calf muscles, as this is the area of my legs that I often have issues with. A flat first ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape debuts in AFL
Rocktape had a very successful trial in the AFL on Sunday. A North Melbourne player was a doubtful starter for the game due to a tight quad muscle. The club physiotherapist applied Rocktape to support his quad before the game by applying two longitudinal strips and two lateral decompression strips. The player was able to ... [READ MORE HERE]
