Archive for the ‘General News’ Category
Channel 7 covers the growth of Rocktape in Australia.
Rocktape was recently featured on the Channel 7 evening news in both Victoria and Tasmania. The segment included interviews with physiotherapist and Rocktape Development Manager Steven Stahl, and Melbourne Victory and Australian Socceroo Adrian Leijer. The segment has subsequently generated many enquiries and sales in both states. If you would like to know more about ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape features on the football for Fremantle Dockers home game.
On Saturday night the Rocktape logo made its debut on the football in the Fremantle Dockers first home game of the 2012 season. The Rocktape logo will appear on the football throughout the 2012 AFL season for all Fremantle Dockers home games. Rocktape are very excited to be associated with the Fremantle Dockers who are ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape welcomes triathletes Kate Bevilaqua and Guy Crawford
Rocktape today announced a partnership with Professional triathlete’s Kate Bevilaqua and Guy Crawford Kate and Guy compete on the international Triathlon stage with the goal of peaking at the some of the worlds toughest races, The 70.3 (Half Ironman) and Ironman World Championships. Kate is the 2010 Ironman Western Australian Champion and the 2011 Ironman ... [READ MORE HERE]
Seminar and workshop schedules for the first half of 2012.
With the increased frequency of kinesiology tape use in elite sport lifting the profile of kinesiology tape in the community, practitioners are looking to find out more about this innovative taping process. As a result demand for our last three seminars has been very good and all three (Melbourne, Perth and Auckland) have sold out. ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape photo competition
Over the last 6 months the growth of Rocktape in Australia has been phenomenal. In part this has been due to growth of Rocktape internationally, with Rocktape regularly appearing on elite athletes in sporting events around the globe. Rocktape is now available locally in the USA, UK, New Zealand, Mexico, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Guatemala and ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape worn by Australia’s elite athletes
Rocktape has made tremendous in-roads into elite sport over the past year. Thanks to a strong relationship with our east coast distributor – Club Warehouse, Rocktape has been worn by some of the best athletes in Australia. The Geelong AFL club finished their season at full pace while other clubs limped into September. Was this ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape’s Rock Stars have been really rocking
Over the last few months there have been many fantastic performances by our Rock Stars. Here are some highlights. Ash Ankudinoff – 1st place in Oceania Omnium Championships and 1st place in Australian National Omnium Championships. Melissa Hoskins – 1st place in the Jayco Bay Cycling classic held over 4 stages in Victoria and 2nd ... [READ MORE HERE]
Rocktape welcomes synchronized swimmers – Eloise Amberger and Sarah Bombell
Rocktape today announced a partnership with synchronized swimmers Eloise Amberger and Sarah Bombell. Eloise and Sarah have competed at four FINA World Swimming Championships, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games where they successfully won the bronze medal together as a duet. Everyone at Rocktape is very excited to be supporting these ... [READ MORE HERE]
Spiral leg taping with Rocktape
There has been a significant amount of research recently that has highlighted the valgus collapse of the knee as a major risk factor for knee pain and ACL injuries. Clinically this has been reflected in the growing trend of teaching hip external rotation exercises for those presenting with patellofemoral pain. Rocktape’s mantra of taping movement, ... [READ MORE HERE]
Australian Physiotherapy Association accreditation of Rocktape seminars
In December 2011 we received accreditation for our seminars from the Australian Physiotherapy Association – (APA), to add to our accreditation already obtained from CAA and ESSA. Rocktape are proud to be the first supplier of kinesiology tape to obtain accreditation for their seminars by APA. Acknowledging the lack of RCT research on kinesiology tape ... [READ MORE HERE]

