One of the things that makes kinesiology tape so popular with injured athletes is its ability to quickly relieve pain from acute or chronic injuries. Relief is often significant within a few minutes of applying the tape. I've even felt relief within seconds.
The short instructional video below is from the manufacturer of RockTape, a brand of kinesiology tape engineered to improve athletic performance in addition to providing therapeutic benefits.
The “pain zapper” method is a quickie way to relief the pain of an injury because sometimes a taping is not covered in a book or you're out and you don't have a book but you do have tape. Faster that advil or alleve, it is a simple taping technique that can be used on virtually any part of the body that is in pain. The only thing that differs is the length of the tape which depends on which body part you are applying it to.
Keep a roll of RockTape and a pair of scissors handy in your athletic bag.
Kinesiology Taping 
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