Vivomed has been involved in Kinesiotaping since 2006. Initially working with German physio Siggi Breitenbach and Polish Professor Zibi Sliwinski Vivomed briefly became a distributor of Kinesio tape in the UK and Ireland. Not long after a new Kinesio tape was born and the original manufactured by Nitto Denko in Japan became K-Active and continues to be distributed by Siggi from Germany. At that time it was clear to us that we should develop a tape which was stickier than the original and with an improved level of elasticicity to enable greater tissue lift achieved by the taping applications. Research took over a year, but finally when we settled on the optimal level of Japanese acrylic adhesive per cm2 to achieve good adhesion without skin reactions, and with improved stretch, Levotape was born. Levotape has become a favourite throughout UK and Ireland with an understanding among physios and other practitioners that it is a professional, superior quality tape but priced at a realistic level.