030: Kinesiotape with Teri Casagranda PT, CHT

Stuck on you! Have you ever used Kinesiotape before? Where did you put it and for what purpose? Did you know there’s different degrees of tension when applying the tape? Well, all these are questions you may not have thought of when using Kinesiotape. Listen up, we have all these pondering thoughts answered in this podcast. Teresa Casagrande, PT, CHT from Sturgeon Bay, WI energetically greets us to discuss various kinds of tape and purposes of each brand of tape. She details out numerous diagnoses, tension and length of time Kinesiotape should be applied. Hope you enjoy our 30th episode brought to you by Hand to Shoulder Center of Wisconsin-Appleton!

Teri Casagranda earned her Master of Science in Physical Therapy at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville and Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Boston University.  She became a Certified Hand Therapist in 2007, Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner in 2011 and Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor in 2017.  She worked at the Hand to Shoulder Center of Wisconsin from 2002 until 2013, when she moved to Sturgeon Bay and is currently employed as a Casual Call therapist for Door County Medical Center.

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