Sergei Bobylev / TASS via Getty Images Many of them are wearing KT Tape, or kinesiology tape, an elastic sports tape originally created to support muscles and joints and provide drug-free pain relief.

Fortunately, kinesio tape can give your muscles a little extra support. But knowing how and where exactly to tape your muscles can be a bit confusing if you’ve never done it before.

The KT Tape that athletes are putting on their faces is normally used as an elastic sports tape to provide support for muscles, ligaments and tendons to allow for full range of motion.

A physiotherapist may recommend using KT to help relieve shoulder pain. The tape provides extra support to muscles and joints and may help create space around a joint to minimize irritation.

KT is recommended by Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers for pain relief and support of muscles, ligaments and tendons. The purpose of KT is to provide solutions that empower movement and ...

The KT Tape that Tiger Woods wore Thursday is manufactured and sold by a Utah-based company of the same name, and by mid-afternoon, Utah-time, traffic on the site was up 300 percent.

About KT Based in Utah and founded in 2008 KT has revolutionized the sports medicine industry with the most technologically advanced and recognized kinesiology tape and recovery products.