I’m making a salad with sweet taters tonight for dinner too. Do you eat the skin?

From watching the video for Runner’s Knee, it doesn’t really look like you did it the same way that he did? He had strips that went almost all the way around to the back of his knee, and I can’t see anything like that in your picture? Like someone said above, try watching the video!
I use Rock Tape to tape my ankle (because like you said, it’s MUCH easier because you only need one kind of tape), and I’ve never had any issues with it falling off in the pool. I don’t even give it 30 minutes usually. The only thing i can think of is that with this tape you have to be really careful not to have any stretch on the ends of the tape, or it will peel off really quick.
Give it another shot! 🙂

it looks like you tend to hyper-extend your knees when you’re standing “normally,” which is probably a major factor in your knee pain. a basic description of that is here (http://www.drbookspan.com/KneePainArticle.html) as knee pain fix #5. that’s why in your marathon body pics you appear to be tilting foward with your ears more over your toes than ankles. pay attention to it and quit locking your legs out and your knee pain will probably improve. the ib profen, the icing, the knee sleeves or tape are just treating the symptoms instead of the cause. inflammation isn’t a normal occurence. if you were to manually manipulate your patella (this is done with legs extended, knee slightly bent), there’s probably a fair amount of crepitus. also, quads are probably a bit tight. yoga poses, like fixed firm, would help.

I’m not sure if anyone mentioned this, but did you prep the skin area to be taped? Sometimes tapes require that you wash any lotion or oil off the skin first and then dry it well so it has something to grab onto. I am guessing you know this or have already tried this though! 🙂

Sorry the tape did not work, it looks like it would be a hit or miss thing.

bummer about the tape coming off! i would see about getting a physical or occupational therapist to show you how to do it correctly…someone who uses it consistently. i have a good friend who’s a therapist and she uses kinesio tape on every single patient with muscular imbalances!

Oh no how dissapointing. Maybe you did put it on wrong as it worked for that man but then again, I’m sure it’s not that difficult and I’m sure you followed the instructions. It’s a bit strange! Maybe stick with the arm sleeves.
Your dinner looks lovely, so fresh. I agree with your reply above, the skins on baked/roasted potatoes are definitely the best bit!!

I’ve never even heard of rock tape before, I don’t get how it would work :s

You can do it! Your body needs sleep (or that’s what it sounds like), and you can watch those shows later:-).

In my office we use kinesiotaping-which is similar to the rock tape. We spray the area with rubbing alcohol and wipe it down before taping. It will not stick if there is any lotion on your legs. And we make the guys shave the area we are taping first because it hurts SO BAD to take it off hair 🙂

I tweeted to you yesterday, but I use KT Tape or Original Kinesio Tape. Both stay on for days too. I watched a video on Runner’s World for Original Kinesio, and the KT Tape website has its own videos. KT Tape has pre-measured pieces of tape, and Original Kinesio is one long tape that you cut as needed. I have used for mainly shins but there are videos for every body part.

You may of put it on wrong. I work with a chiropractor and we use it on many patients! Especially the teenagers who are in many different sports and a few of them had it last for almost a week!

I just started using Rock Tape for my knee. I play soccer, and I’ve played 90 minute matches where I cover 10K and through all the sweat, contact, and tackles, it hasn’t started coming off on me yet. One trick that I was told when I bought it at Roadrunn Sports was to make sure you snip each corner so there are no 90 degree corners as they tend to lift up. So, I always snip ever corner and I have yet to have a problem with it lifting off.

I didn’t read through all the posts about the rock tape so sorry if this was already addressed but 1) watch the different videos on the website rocktape.com. They are under 2 minutes long. The key, besides clean, dry legs is that you do not stretch the two end pieces. You only stretch the middle part. The two ends need to stay unstretched so they don’t pull off the skin as you move. You basically apply it like you would a band-aid. See if this helps :).

It helps to round the edges with scissors when cutting the rocktape. Also make sure there is no lotion on your legs. I have used Rocktape many times (even during a Mud Run) and it has always stayed. I have taped my patients for swimming events and it has stayed on as well. I say find a Rocktape Doc near you and have them properly show you how to apply it.