Quote Originally Posted by mr brightside View Post
Can you describe your taping scheme? Don't use mine if you've been given something different, it'll alter your patella tracking for the worse. If i can see what you're using i can advise you on how to make it work better if i've used it myself.

This stuff is a dressing retention spray, it's like spray on glue...



One of the key points is that your skin has to be grease free before any tape goes near it. You can use surgical spirit or Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) wipes if you have very greasy skin. IPA is a circuit board cleaner used in factories, i use it at work if i need to clean a cut and stick a plaster on. Likewise wash your hands before handling the tapes; neither will stick to your skin or eachother too well if the adhesive is contaminated. Remember aswell that the luekotape can be pulled up off the fixomull and retensioned a few times as long as you don't contaminate the adhesive or the top of the fixomull.

I've got Comfrey Oil all over my knees at the moment but i can post some pics next time i do some taping.
Well I've got to say that some of that should be pure common sense and yet it is probably the exact reasons my taping is not staying on my knee. I've got some muscle imbalance causing maltracking in both knees so I'm long-term correcting this. My tape pulls my knee cap inwards and down so that on the leg bend the tracking is straight. I wanted to see a picture more to see what you were doing to keep the tape on. I think wash and dry my knees fully and the most important bit is to not contaminate the tape, especially the top tape. I think I've learned that I only need a short strip of both tapes, too long onto the sides of the knee and there's extra movement that when running will slowly ease it off, but then maybe I didn't have it sticking well enough in the first place.

Spray on glue would definitely be a good thing. Will try the other tips first. Cheers.