Kinesio Taping ® University Certifications & Education

IN PERSON COURSES

Taught by Canadian Kinesio® University certified instructors. These in person courses are a dynamic, hands on and affordable way to learn about taping.

ONLINE TRAINING

Kinesio® Online Courses contain training for every function, at all levels. Select from beginner-to-advanced courses across core functional areas

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Remington Medical offers special pricing and product support to those who complete in person courses with Kinesio® University.

Tape With Wisdom describes the essence of Kinesio’s mission to enhance the experience of living, whether active or sedentary, by using the right tape with the right methodology to obtain healing benefit. The tagline is new, but its roots go back to the beginning. This outlook has been consistent since Dr. Kenzo Kase® first created the tape and taping concept in the early 1970s.

The Kinesio Taping® Method

The Kinesio Taping® Method is a therapeutic taping technique which alleviates pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin. This lifting affect forms convolutions in the skin increasing interstitial space and allowing for decreased inflammation in affected areas. Based upon research and years of clinical use, The Kinesio® Taping Method specifically applies Kinesio tape based on evaluation and assessment to dictate a specific application. Kinesio® Tex Tape applications can be applied in hundreds of ways and have the ability to reduce pain and inflammation, promote post-surgical healing, optimize performance, prevent injury and promote good circulation and can assist the body’s natural healing process.

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Kinesio® Online Education

Education is the crucial element of the Kinesio Taping Method that influences its effectiveness and underlying philosophy of care. 

We have made it easy for you to have access to professional courses to learn new taping skills and techniques. Kinesio online courses contain training for every function, at all levels. Select from beginner-to-advanced courses across core functional areas -including taping fundamentals, basic taping applications, animal care, and more.

Learn from industry experts who are passionate about teaching.

Canadas Kinesio's® Certified Instructors

Colleen Prendergast CKTI, DC

Brampton, Ontario Canada

Dr. Colleen Prendergast is a licensed chiropractor, practicing since 2012. She started out her career with her own private practice in Paris, France where she studied chiropractic at IFEC (Institut Franco Européen de Chiropratique) and is bilingual in French and English.
 
In addition to her practice, Dr. Prendergast became a certified Kinesio Taping Instructor, travelling throughout France to provide instruction to health care professionals on the usage of the revolutionary tape. 
 
Dr. Prendergast is an extremely passionate user of the Kinesio Taping method and has been using it in her practice since 2010. She specializes in sports performance but uses the tape with all populations from newborns to the elderly. She has extensive experience using the tape with athletes of all levels and is looking forward to sharing that knowledge with all of the attendees.
Roger Berton, DC, C.K.T.I.

Windsor, Ontario Canada

Roger Berton, DC, C.K.T.I., is a graduate of the National University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois. He owns and operates Berton Physiotherapy & Chiropractic in Windsor, Ontario, and is a certified Kinesio Taping Course Instructor. He also worked as the Program Coordinator and Instructor for CDI’s Registered Massage Therapy Program (Windsor, ON).
 
At this point in his career, he has taught over 150 Kinesio Taping workshops across the world. These workshops are designed to enhance one’s ability to apply this modality, one of the most non-invasive soft tissue treatments in use today

In-person & Online Kinesio Taping® Courses

In Person Kinesio Taping® Fundamentals Course 

Date:  Date TBD

Location: N/A

Cost : CA$575 Tax incl. 

Instructor: Colleen Prendergast CKTI, D

2 day course designed to introduce participants to the science, assessment and application techniques of the Kinesio Taping® Method. Lecture Tutorials of the history, science and theory of stimulus transmission through skin and resulting therapeutic benefit across efferent and afferent systems is reviewed. Corrections for Epidermis, Dermis, Fascia, Space, and Muscle in case study format are presented. Lecture and demonstration by the instructor, then participants perform the Manual Assessments and Movement Assessments. Discussion of the assessment flow charts to determine correct applications and general progression of treatment clinically.

  • List unique qualities of Kinesio® Tex Tape.
  • List different physiological systems affected by Kinesio Tex Tape.
  • List 3 contraindications and 3 precautions ofusing Kinesio Tex Tape.
  • List best use for each type of Kinesio TexTape.
  • Describe and demonstrate cutting different Kinesio Taping application tape shapes:  I Strip, Y Strip, Web Cut, X Cut, etc.
  • Describe one situation where it would be appropriate to use each different tape cut.
  • Demonstrate one of the three methods of safely removing Kinesio Tex Tape from skin.
  • Demonstrate appropriate use of Manual Direction Tests for tissue and muscle.
  • Demonstrate use of Kinesio Screening Assessments to identify target tissue for treatment.
  • Demonstrate proper application of Kinesio Epidermis, Dermis and Fascia Taping technique.
  • Demonstrate proper application of corrective techniques:  Fascia, Mechanical, Space, Functional, Lymphatic, Tendon, Ligament, and Muscle Correction.
  • Describe difference between an underactive and overactive muscle correction application.
  • Identify appropriate tension range for each corrective technique.
  • Describe difference between ligament correction and tendon correction.
  • List a condition that the Functional Correction would be used for.
  • Describe the difference between “long and short oscillation” and “side to side oscillation” used in the Fascial Correction application
  • Advance Healing Magazine
  • 1 Roll – Light Touch
  • 1 Roll -Performance+ 
  • 2 Rolls – Kinesio Classic 
  • 3 Rolls – Kinesio FP
  • 2 Samples of Kinesio EDF Pre-Cuts
  • 2 Samples of Kinesio Fan Cut
  • Kinesio Folding Pouch – Black
  • Kinesio Playbook
  • What is Kinesio Brochure
  • Research Booklet
  • Information on Kinesio Products.

In order to attend a Kinesio Taping seminar, each attendee must meet all of the following criteria:
1. Have completed 80 course hours of anatomy and physiology
2. Have a working knowledge of the musculoskeletal system
3. Be able to do assessments by evaluating and/or diagnosing injuries and conditions
4. Achieved or is a student in their junior or senior year (transcripts must be provided) working towards one or more of the following credentials: ARNP, ATC, CAT(C), CCSP, CDP, CHT, CLT, CMBT, CMT, CNMT, COMT, COTA, COTA/L, CPO, CRN, CST, CT, CWS, DC, DO, DOM, DPT, Lac, LAT, LLCC, LMBT, LMP, LMT, LOT, LOTA, LPT, LPTA, MD, MDT, MLD, MOT, MOTR/L, MPT, MT, MTC, NCMT, NCTMB, NDT, NMD, NMT, NP, NRC, OCS, ODT, OMD, OPA, OT, OTA, OTC, OTR, OTR/L, PT, PT-C, PTA, PA, RMT, RN, RPT, RPTA, SLP, Paramedics, Kinesiotherapist and Kinesiologists.

20 hour Kinesio Taping® Express Course (ONLINE)

Date:

Location: ONLINE

Cost : USD$499 

Instructor: Colleen Prendergast CKTI, DC

The 20 hour Kinesio Taping® Express Course in will present all the concepts and techniques of Kinesio Taping in an expedited course format over a two day period.  The first day will present an overview of the development of the Kinesio Taping Method®, fundamental concepts, assessments and screening tests, and begin to introduce Kinesio Correction taping techniques.  After completing fundamental concepts the course will move into advanced techniques and clinical reasoning.  Attendees will problem solve complex clinical cases requiring the application of multiple Kinesio taping techniques.  Lab sessions will provide time to practice assessments and screenings, plus applying techniques to a variety of upper and lower body conditions.  Instructors will provide personalized feedback to each attendee to insure a thorough grasp of the taping concepts and techniques.

PRACTICAL EXAM

Course objectives for 20 hour Kinesio Taping® Express Course By the end of the course, the participant will be able to:

  • List the best use for each type of Kinesio® Tex Tape
  • Describe and demonstrate cutting at least 4 different Kinesio Taping application tape shapes: I strip, Y Strip, Web Cut, X Cut, etc.
  • Describe a situation where it would be appropriate to use different tape cuts.
  • Demonstrate a method of safely removing Kinesio Tex tape from skin.
  • Demonstrate the appropriate use of Manual Direction Tests for tissue and muscle.
  • Demonstrate the use of Kinesio Screening Assessments to identify target tissue for treatment.
  • Demonstrate the proper application of Kinesio Epidermis, Dermis and Fascia Taping technique.
  • Demonstrate the proper application of corrective techniques: Fascia, Mechanical, Space, Functional, Lymphatic, Tendon, Ligament and Muscle Correction.
  • Describe the difference between an underactive and overactive muscle correction application.
  • Identify appropriate tension range for each corrective technique.
  • Describe the difference between a ligament correction and tendon correction.
  • Demonstrate application of advanced Epidermis Correction Technique – Web Layering.
  • Demonstrate application of advanced Dermis Correction Technique – Jellyfish.
  • Demonstrate application of advanced Fascia Correction Techniques – Ram’s Head and Manual Fascial Glide.
  • Demonstrate application of advanced Circulatory Lymphatic Correction Technique – Basket Weave.
  • Demonstrate application of advanced Space Correction Technique – Scar Management techniques.
  • Demonstrate integration of Muscle Direction Tests, Screening Assessments, and Corrective Techniques to treat complex injuries such as Whiplash, Shoulder Impingement, and Chronic Knee Pain.
  • In a small group setting identify 3 items on a problem list and goal list from specified case studies and develop appropriate interventions using tape as a modality and defend to the class.
  • Be able to apply the Kinesio Taping Method to a variety of muscular, orthopedic and neurological conditions.
  • List unique qualities of Kinesio® Tex Tape.
  • List different physiological systems affected by Kinesio Tex Tape.
  • List 3 contraindications and 3 precautions ofusing Kinesio Tex Tape.
  • List best use for each type of Kinesio TexTape.
  • Describe and demonstrate cutting different Kinesio Taping application tape shapes:  I Strip, Y Strip, Web Cut, X Cut, etc.
  • Describe one situation where it would be appropriate to use each different tape cut.
  • Demonstrate one of the three methods of safely removing Kinesio Tex Tape from skin.
  • Demonstrate appropriate use of Manual Direction Tests for tissue and muscle.
  • Demonstrate use of Kinesio Screening Assessments to identify target tissue for treatment.
  • Demonstrate proper application of Kinesio Epidermis, Dermis and Fascia Taping technique.
  • Demonstrate proper application of corrective techniques:  Fascia, Mechanical, Space, Functional, Lymphatic, Tendon, Ligament, and Muscle Correction.
  • Describe difference between an underactive and overactive muscle correction application.
  • Identify appropriate tension range for each corrective technique.
  • Describe difference between ligament correction and tendon correction.
  • List a condition that the Functional Correction would be used for.
  • Describe the difference between “long and short oscillation” and “side to side oscillation” used in the Fascial Correction application

Day 1 – 3 : Kinesio Taping® Express Course Kit Includes:

• Advance Healing Magazine
• 1 Roll – Light Touch+ Kinmokusei Orange
• 1 Roll – Performance+ Black with Logo
• 2 Rolls – Kinesio Classic Blue
• 3 Rolls – Kinesio Tex Gold FP
• 2 Samples of Kinesio EDF Pre-Cuts
• 2 Samples of Kinesio Fan Cut
• Kinesio Folding Pouch – Black
• Kinesio Playbook
• What is Kinesio Brochure
• Research Booklet
• Information on Kinesio Products

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