Tag: sports

Olympic Pseudoscience – Tokyo Edition

Pseudosciences come and go with the Olympics.

/ July 28, 2021

Cupping – Olympic Pseudoscience

Four years ago, while watching the 2012 Olympic Games, I noticed a lot of athletes wearing colored strips in various patterns on their body. I discovered that these strips were called kinesiotape, and they were used to enhance performance, reduce injury, and help muscles recover more quickly. I also discovered that these claims for kinesiotape were complete nonsense. This year at the...

/ August 10, 2016

Olympic Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience is rife within the sporting world, and reaches its apogee with the Olympic Games.

/ July 25, 2012