Functional Fascial Taping®
What is FFT®?
The FFT ® method is a simple drug free alternative that can immediately decrease pain and increase range of motion, to encourage muscle firing and normal movement patterns.
This innovative analgesic can be applied to assist the function of most musculoskeletal pathologies.
This non-invasive treatment encourages practitioner's treatments to 'hold' for longer and to rehabilitate in a pain free environment.
FFT was developed as a method to immediately address musculoskeletal symptoms presented to therapists.
FFT is a simple drug free alternative that can be effective in modifying pain and increasing range of movement; it encourages normal movement patterns and allows for rehabilitation in a pain free environment.
What are the benefits?
The benefits of the FFT ® method are:
- Analgesic (on going).
- Allows for activity and rehabilitation.
- Provides immediate and long-term benefits.
- Maintains higher levels of training and performance.
- Non-invasive and cost effective form of treatment.
- Immediate and long term benefits.
- Step by step objective method.
How does it work?
Most musculoskeletal conditions are multifactorial in nature and the presence of pain can be an interesting challenge to therapists. Unresolved musculoskeletal conditions result in the loss of function, flexibility and strength leading to joint stiffness and decreased quality of life.
The immediate response to pain and the tension/load created from the unique tape application provides an innovative analgesic for a prolonged period increasing patient compliance.
The FFT method is a combination of approaches used by Physiotherapy, Osteopathy and Soft Tissue Therapy and is custom made for each patient/athlete.
The immediate response to pain and the tension/load created from the unique tape application provides an innovative analgesic for a prolonged period increasing patient compliance.
The FFT method is a combination of approaches used by Physiotherapy, Osteopathy and Soft Tissue Therapy and is custom made for each patient/athlete.
The FFT method is similar to the approaches used by Physiotherapists Brian Mulligan [NZ] and Jenny McConnell [Aust]. FFT can be applied to most musculoskeletal conditions and to many areas in the body.
The method allows the previously painful movement or activity to become a crucial part of the treatment, as the tissues are continually stretched where and when it is most needed in a much more functional way then other forms of taping. For therapists we can observe three key uses of the presence of load when tape is applied by the FFT method. These are: Sustained altered load at rest; active increased load (patient self administered treatment) and frequent alterations of load with movement which is custom made for each patient/athlete for an extended and pre-determined period of time. This method can be used in conjunction with any standard treatment of musculoskeletal pathologies and encourages patients to actively participate in their own treatment.