Our aim with Dynamic Tape is to treat the underlying cause of the pain and swelling. Simply, removing some bruising or swelling is of little help if you continue to overload the sprained ligament as the bruising and swelling will simply return. It is therefore necessary to determine if there is any structural damage, what pain processes are involved, is the pain load dependent (as is generally the case with things like sprains, strains and tendinopathies, can we manage that load by doing some work directly with the tape or indirectly by changing the movement, do we need to position appropriately to optimise the healing process, is weakness present that we can counter to improve movement and loading, can we challenge the person’s faulty beliefs about movement, pain and damage in some of our persistent pain cases, can we reduce their fear of movement and start to address maladaptive movements that are perpetuating their pain and so on. Pain is a complex, multi system process that can vary from one person to the next even with similar injuries, and can vary within a person throughout the course of an injury. Our aim and the mechanisms of Dynamic Taping can vary dramatically from someone with a mallet finger or a sprained ankle, to a person suffering from longstanding low back pain.