Archive for April, 2011
Rocktape team up with the Rabobank Cycling Team
Rocktape today announced a strategic supply agreement with the Rabobank Professional Cycling Team to become the Official Kinesiology Tape Supplier for 2011. Rocktape activates the nervous and circulatory systems and is used by cyclists to shorten rehabilitation times from injury, improve endurance and assist recovery. “We are delighted to have formed a partnership with Rocktape” ... [READ MORE HERE]
Taping for Inflammation
Rocktape can be applied to reduce inflammation and bruising associated with soft tissue injury. Following injury, once the initial RICE treatment has been administered and the risk of further bleeding has ceased, Rocktape can then be applied in a fan cut or “jelly fish”. This technique is applied with a small amount of stretch in ... [READ MORE HERE]
Taping for shoulders
Athletes involved in throwing and overhead sports often develop shoulder issues, but the nature of their sport means that most of these athletes do not tolerate the restriction of rigid tapes. However the increased afferent input of Rocktape, with some sense of support but maintenance of mobility, is very popular with these overhead athletes. To ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rock Doc profile – Ian Wee
Ian Wee is an Occupational Therapist who focuses on musculoskeletal injuries. Ian is the founding director and principal practitioner of the Perth Integrated Health Clinic where his clients come from a varied source including the corporate sector, families and elite athletes. Among the elite athletes PIHC assists are cyclists Cameron and Travis Meyer who are ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape joins forces with the Genesys Pro Cycling team
Rocktape are very excited to announce that they will be the official kinesiology tape supplier to the Genesys Pro Cycling Team for the next 12 months. The team is one of Australia’s top performing cycling teams and they also compete regularly in events in Asia. The Genesys Pro Cycling Team has won the Australian National ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape sponsors the Australian Paralympic Cycling Team
Rocktape will be the official kinesiology tape supplier for the Australian Paralympic Cycling Team for the next 18 months. Rocktape Australia is excited to be able to support these elite cyclists who are training very hard with the goal of representing their country at the London Olympics. The cyclists will use Rocktape to assist them: ... [READ MORE HERE]
Myron Simpson – U23 Tour of Flanders
Leading up to the race I was pretty happy, training was good. Did close to 6 hours on Wednesday, 2 easier days then the race was on Saturday! Weather was mint, sunny and a bit of wind… 22-23 degrees, couldn’t ask for more at this time of the year! We woke up early on Saturday, ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape welcomes Cyclist Melissa Hoskins
Rocktape today announced a partnership with track cyclist Melissa Hoskins. After spending many years playing basketball, in 2006 Melissa was identified in a WAIS screening test as a potential elite cyclist or kayaker. Melissa chose cycling and since then has taken great strides in the sport culminating in representing Australia in a junior team in ... [READ MORE HERE]
Perth seminar on May 14 is “sold out”
Demand for the Perth seminar on May 14 has been fantastic. So much so that it is now “sold out” despite the seminar still being just under one month away. Thank you to all the practitioners that have registered. For practitioners who were planning to attend but didn’t reserve their spots you can email sales@rocktape.com.au ... [READ MORE HERE]
Track Cycling World Championships – Sarah Kent
When I think back to before I left for Worlds two weeks ago, I was thinking about what I would be writing my blog about on this very day – The day I returned to Perth. To be honest, I was half expecting to write about how we fought off the Poms and the Kiwis, ... [READ MORE HERE]
