What is the Application Database?

The Application Database is a unique resource containing practical information and video instructions for nearly 200 Kinesio Taping applications. Designed to supplement the practitioner’s own training from Kinesio Taping seminars, the database may be used as a sort of “supplemental memory” to remind practitioners of which basic Kinesio applications are available for a given condition and to confirm how to apply them. Early in your Kinesio Taping practice, the database is invaluable as a reminder of the applications recently learned in the seminars. Seasoned practitioners also find them useful when going “back to basics” with a favorite taping application or when treating a new complaint.

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Kinesio Certification
Certification

How To Become a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner®

With an ever growing foundation of health professionals desiring and willing to become certified in the Kinesio Taping® Method, the Kinesio Taping Association International (KTAI) has designed a certification process that will allow dedicated practitioners to earn their designation as a Certified Kinesio Taping Practitioner (CKTP®).

Requirements to become CKTP:

  • Complete KT1/2 and KT3 Approved Seminars
  • CKTP Certification Mark License Agreement
  • Pass CKTP Exam with 80% or higher
  • Maintain KTAI annual membership

Benefits of becoming a CKTP:

  • You may add the designation of CKTP to your business card and letterhead.
  • Eligible to assist at approved Kinesio Taping® Seminars as a lab assistant. Please email Christina Schell at cschell@kinesiotaping.com with your full contact information. 
  • Optional recognition and listing by name/location on KTAI website for patient referral. (CKTP Elite members only)
  • Eligible to submit case studies/research for annual U.S. and International Kinesio Taping Symposiums.
  • Eligible to submit articles of interest to quarterly publication, Advance Healing.
  • Eligible to apply to become a Certified Kinesio Taping Instructor (CKTI) when the instructor certification program is offered (typically in cycles of 3 years).  *KTAI has a selection process and educational requirements to become a CKTI, please contact KTAI for further details.

The CKTP Certification Mark License Agreement goes hand in hand with certification and membership.  It was implemented to protect the valuable and hard-earned “CKTP” credentials of our practitioners and to ensure they are only used by Kinesio-certified practitioners.  It also is to provide those practitioners with the ability to promote their clinics, their practice, and their expertise in the Kinesio Taping Method.   
As the certifying organization, the KTAI is obligated to maintain a continued relationship with all of our certified practitioners.  With no annual recertification requirement at this time, this is achieved through the membership system.  A membership with the KTAI allows us to continue to update practitioners with the latest news, advancements and research relating to the Kinesio Taping Method via our Advance Healing magazine, the online Application Database, Ask the Expert Forum, and our member newsletters.

KTAI Professional Standards
KTAI has the right to refuse applicant if requirements for CKTP are not met.  KTAI is constantly improving the Education System therefore the CKTP process may be subject to change and current CKTPs may be required to follow updated standards to maintain CKTP status.