Meet Joe McCaleb. If you happened to stop by the KT Tape booth at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail this last weekend, you’d probably recognize his taping handiwork that covered hundreds of athletes at the outdoor sports competition. Joe was kind enough to share his experience with KT Tape with us.

My name is Joe McCaleb and I am a Physical Therapist from Colorado Springs. Up until a month ago I hadn’t heard of KT Tape but that all changed with a trip to my local sporting goods store. Being a skeptic I do not tend to buy into every “rehab tool” that I find. I bought a box, checked out the website and tried it on myself and I was sold!

I found the KT TAPE page on Facebook and became a fan. I was contacted by the KT Tape team to assist at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail.
So I decided to help out. Why you may ask? Because KT Tape works like nothing I have ever seen. I am using it on about 60% of my patients in my practice with about 96% effectiveness. I again, was sold on it. So when given the chance to tell folks more I jumped at the chance. Let me tell you I learned so very much from this “clinical experience” on the fly.

This weekend we taped up more people than I could count… for me there are several who come to mind but I’ll mention two. First was a hard core runner who has developed plantar fasciitis about nine months ago. He’d tried tennis balls, golf balls, IFC, ulltrasound, etc…nothing had worked. He was compensating so much that his left Achilles tendon was now hurting him. I taped his right plantar fasciitis and his left Achilles. He stood and walked for me…his face said it all as his pain almost completely disappeared.

Next was a woman who had a cast on her left forearm and was a rock climber. She’d been in an accident and since then had also tried multiple methods to reduce pain on her good right arm. She said that she often had no feeling in most of her right hand but usually constant numbness in her ulnar 3 fingers. I did a manual muscle test on her and then did the taping for medial epicondylitis…in literally seconds, she said she could feel her fingers.
I didn’t have a most common taping and I am not sure that I had a favorite but what I did find that was amazing was the numbers of people who came in with acute and or chronic problems who were skeptical suddenly gained relief. Seeing these folks walk away pain free was pretty amazing to see.

Thanks so much, Joe, for joining us and doing such a great job–it was fun!

Filed under: Aches Pains Injuries, Achilles Tendon pain, Carpel Tunnel | June 11, 2010
Tags :Achilles Tendon pain , Facebook , KT Tape , KT Tape applications , plantar fasciitis , Teva Mountain Games