title: Kinesiology taping as an adjunct for pain management in cancer?
abstract: We present the case of a 46-year-old woman who developed severe pain described as 'tearing' and 'searing' in the left side of the mid-trapezius region near the thoracic 8 vertebra (T8). The patient had undergone surgery for T8 fracture which had resulted from metastasis (secondary breast cancer). A community nurse referred the patient for physiotherapy assessment and treatment for her musculoskeletal pain and related symptoms that had affected her mobility and functional activities. The patient was treated with soft tissue therapy with the addition of kinesiology taping on follow-up visits. Kinesiology tape was applied over her left side trapezius region and left shoulder. The patient reported significant reductions in pain severity and felt greater control and stability over her left shoulder region, which resulted in better function and overall quality of life measures. She did not report any adverse effects.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, City Campus, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Leeds Pallium Research Group, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Gourav
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Physiotherapy at Castle Clinic and Nidderdale Medical Practice, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, UK.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rebanks
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, City Campus, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Leeds Pallium Research Group, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Briggs
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University, City Campus, Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK Leeds Pallium Research Group, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Mark I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D055052:Athletic Tape; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular; D012782:Shoulder; D064171:Superficial Back Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery