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Motorsport Injury & Kinesio Taping

With the 2019 Mexican Grand Prix - 71 laps of the 4.304-kilometre Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City - taking place this Sunday, October 27, we thought we would investigate the most common injuries within the sport.


Motor sport is highly risky and demanding and injuries are recorded during and after races. However, thanks to huge improvements in car safety, severe injuries are now less frequent. Professional car racing requires extraordinary physical performance in extreme conditions - due to the high G forces caused by breaking and cornering, heavy steering and high temperatures. But, what are the most common injuries experienced by drivers and crew?


There are a lot of overuse injuries within motor sport - wrists, hands and elbows. Similarly, pit crew members often experience overuse injuries to the back, elbows and knees. Neck pain and sprains accounts for around 52% of injuries in racing, whilst bruising and lower limb injuries (knee, ankle and foot) also feature highly.


Even if you're not a professional F1 or rally driver, whiplash (a soft tissue injury to the neck) is a common result from a car accident - approximately 300,000 new cases per year. Whiplash injury is caused by sudden movement of the head forwards, backwards or sideways and causes the soft tissues in the neck to become stretched and damaged.


A study in 2009 looked at Kinesio Taping's benefits and how it might be used to assist with neck sprain and WAD. Therapists observed that patients who received Kinesio Taping showed greater improvement in neck pain and cervical range of motion, both immediately afterwards and at the 24-hour follow-up. If you are looking for taping advice, a trained Kinesio Taping therapist can help to assess any injury and advise on the best application and route to recovery.


You can find out more about Kinesio Taping and purchase tape on our website and therapists can purchase supplies from our dedicated shop: http://bit.ly/2PEKngI

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