Episode #67: The Debate Over K-Tape Strengthening Muscles

Recently I read an article warning people to avoid practitioners who claim that taping can strengthen a muscle of a horse.

The article had undertones of attempting to discredit other practitioners. That’s just unfair, especially because it used a very narrow definition of what is actually meant by “assisting a muscle” to strengthen it.

In today’s episode I talk about why I feel this article is unfair, and dig into the broader science behind what it actually means to assist muscles to strengthen them.

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Judith Rathbone