They took Athens and Beijing and are set to go for the trifecta in London. What you may not know is that Walsh is struggling to regain her past glory in the sand and that she and May-Treanor are in the fight of their lives in the London Games. Here are 10 more things you need to know about Kerri Walsh as the Olympics begin. Kerri Walsh hates not being part of the top-seeded team in the world. Even worse, in the World Tour rankings , Walsh's team is ranked eighth.
Brazilians Larissa and Juliana are the top team in the world right now and the front-runners for Olympic gold. They defeated Walsh and May-Treanor in the World Championships—the duo's first defeat internationally since The two American teams have been fighting it out for years, with Ross and Kessy coming into the Olympics ranked fifth. She loves to sit in the front row during all of the New York Fashion Week shows and even had an athletic clothing line for a while in , which sadly didn't fly.
But at 6'3", she's hard to fit even when she owns the company. They won, proving height isn't everything in beach volleyball. Did you know that even though it gained popularity during the last Olympic games, kinesiotape has been around since ? Kenso Kase developed both the method and the first elastic therapeutic tape, Kinesio Tape. Depending on the goal in mind, kinesiotape can be applied to either help promote movement, inhibit movement, decrease pain and allow improved lymphatic function.
Most importantly the tape allows the body to return to homeostasis. To ensure a full range of motion for the wearer, Kinesio Tape is very thin and made with a porous high grade cotton fabric.
The fabric lets the skin breathe and has an elasticity comparable to that of the skin and muscles. The sticky side of the tape uses a water-repellent, medical-grade acrylic adhesive that is latex free and that further supports the muscles and connective tissues. In addition, the tape can stay put for three to four days even through sweating and showering making it very versatile.
The two key points of the kinesiotape method are stretch and direction. Kinesiotape allows for it to have a potential stretch between and percent of its original length and has a certain amount of stretch to it even before you remove the paper backing.
The direction applied combined with the stretch will determine the desired outcome. Even though there are other companies that claim to offer the same benefit as kinesiotape and tape is readily available in stores and online, application by a trained professional is important to achieve the desired results.
Other benefits include improved circulation, muscle support, and an improved healing time. A kinesiology tape application will last three to five days, and most of the patients will notice a change in the treated area within 24 hours.
When removing the tape, we sometimes give the area a break for a day or two before applying more tape most people however can tolerate applications before rest is needed. Another important consideration when using kinesiology tape is which brand to choose. Kinesio holds a patent for its manufacturing process, and it owns the trademarks for the Kinesio brand and Kinesio Taping. Competitors have engineered tape with very similar qualities to Kinesio Tape and claim to offer the same function.
Together with glue gun, double-sided tape has been my cramming weapon for school projects. I always ended up accidentally cutting myself when I hurriedly peel the paper off the double-sided tape so hearing about these things are enlightening to me.
We all took turns having our photos taken with Fozzy , the calligrapher extraordinaire! Well, it was really a party. It really looked like someone was having a birthday party! Congratulations again Mansy!
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