Ever Wondered Why Do Sports Athletes Wear That Colored Tape On Their Body?

Have you ever wondered why the some athletes wear that colourful tape across their body? If you’ve been watching the sports, you’ve probably seen some athletes wearing weird tape (mostly blue) on various parts of their bodies. Many international sports stars including Novak Djokovic, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dale Steyn wear this tape.

Novak Djokovic has been wearing the tape during his Wimbledon matches.

The tape is known as the Kinesio (or just ‘k’) tape. It is an elastic sports and fitness tape designed for muscle, ligament and tendon pain relief and support. Athletes use the tape as a kind of elastic brace that helps to give rest to stressed muscles and relieve pain.

HOW IT WORKS

The start and end points of a stressed muscle are identified by a physiotherapist in the lab. Both ends are then tied together with the Kinesio tape which relives the stress on the muscles by limiting its movement further (by lifting the skin), even if the athlete goes through his/her daily training routines.

Designed to mimic human skin, with roughly the same thickness and elastic properties, the tape can be stretched 30–40% in the longitudinal direction. The cotton fibers allow for evaporation and quicker drying leading to longer wear time, up to 4 days.

The tape and technique were developed by Kenso Kase thirty years ago in Japan. The company website says that:

“[It] alleviates discomfort and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. [The Kinesio Tape can be] applied over muscles to reduce pain and inflammation, relax overused or tired muscles, and support muscles in movement on a 24-hour-a-day basis.”

Why Do We Shout in Anger?

A master asked his disciples:

‘Why do we shout in anger? Why do people shout at each other when they are upset?’

The disciples thought for a while, and one of them said

‘Because we lose our calm, we shout for that.’

‘But, why to shout when the other person is just next to you? ‘Isn’t it possible to speak to him or her with a soft voice? Why do you shout at a person when you’re angry?’

The disciples gave him some other answers but none satisfied the master.

Finally he explained:

‘When two people are angry at each other, their hearts distance a lot. To cover that distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are, the stronger they will have to shout to hear each other through that great distance.’

Then the master asked:

‘What happens when two people fall in love? They don’t shout at each other but talk softly, why? Because their hearts are very close. The distance between them is very small…’

And he finally said:

‘When they love each other even more, what happens?

‘They do not speak, only whisper and they get even closer to each other in their love…….’

Finally They Even Need Not Whisper, They Only Look At Each Other And That’s All. That is How Close Two People Are When They Love Each Other.’

MORAL : When You Argue Do Not Let Your Hearts Get Distant, Do Not Say Words That Distance Each Other More, Else There Will Come A Day When The Distance is So Great That You Will Not Find The Path To Return…!!