Article: Stuck on it: Kinesio tape has won a following among dancers.(your body)

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Navigating William Forsythe's The Vertiginous Thrill of Exactitude last season, Houston Ballet corps member Hitomi Takeda took a serious fall, ending up with a lateral ankle sprain. With Stanton Welch's world premiere of Marie and a tour of Spain on the horizon, an injury was the last thing Takeda needed. After a trip to the doctor, four days of rest, ice, compression, and elevation (the RICE protocol for injuries) and no signs of a limp, Takeda had her first application of Kinesio tape from Houston Ballet's athletic trainer Mike Howard. The petite dancer sailed through Marie and the six-city tour without further strain. "I was wearing the ...

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