The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Environmental Research and Public Health Proceedings Therapeutic procedure with the use of kinesiology taping in women with painful menstruation Hanna Mosiejczuk 1 , Żaneta Ciosek 2 , Magdalena Ptak 3 , Przemysław Wróblewski 4 , Iwona Rotter 5 1 Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Pomeranian Medical University ul. Żołnierska 54b, Szczecin 71-210 Poland ; hanna.mosiejczuk@pum.edu.pl 2 Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Pomeranian Medical University ul. Żołnierska 54b, Szczecin 71-210 Poland; zaneta.ciosek@pum.edu.pl 3 Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Pomeranian Medical University ul. Żołnierska 54b, Szczecin 71-210 Poland; magdalena.ptak@pum.edu.pl 4 Kinesis Scientific Circle at the Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Pomeranian Medical University ul. Żołnierska 54b, Szczecin 71-210 Poland; przemek.wroblewski95@gmail.com 5 Department of Medical Rehabilitation and Clinical Physiotherapy Pomeranian Medical University ul. Żołnierska 54b, Szczecin 71-210 Poland; iwona.rotter@pum.edu.pl * Correspondence: hanna.mosiejczuk@pum.edu.pl, +48-695-633-788 Abstract: Introduction: Painful menstruation is a problem affecting a large part of the population of women of childbearing age. It is estimated that up to 90% of them suffer from pain during menstruation, which prevents them from normal functioning and performance of their tasks and lead to increasing frustration and nervousness. Purpose: The aim of this study is to examine the effectivness of the application of kinesiology taping proposed by its author in relations to the alleviation or complete elimination of pain associated with dysmenorrhea. Materials and methods: The study involved 30 women who experience the problem of dysmenorrhea. They were divided into two groups of 15 people, one of whom received support using kinesiology taping, while the other did not receive such assistance. For the purposes of the research, an authorial anonymous questionnaire was created, which included a general questionnaire supported by the SF-36 quality of life questionnaire and 3 anonymous orginal questionnaires for each cycle that were recommended to be completed by the respondents after menstruation. Results: The proposed application of kinesiology taping has positively influenced for the reduction of complaints among women covered by it. Menstrual period was shorter for 9 women (3 without changes, 3 elongation). The application has led to the total elimination of the us of painkillers/anti-inflammatiries and other forms of support in 3 women, and in the case of 8 a small intervention or lack of it was necessary. Conclusions: The effectiveness and valence of the proposed application has been confirmed, and also the effects on other components of the menstrual cycle were noted. Keywords: kinesiology taping; painful menstruation; dysmenorrhea; physiotherapy 1. Introduction Introduction: Painful menstruation (Latin dysmenorrhoea / dysmenorrhea) is a term that refers to disorders of the menstrual cycle during which a woman complains for severe pain. It is a quite embarrassing topic and often overlooked when talking to gynecologists, whether due to cultural conditions, or when a woman is ashamed of the problem and tries to heal it with standard home remedies. Depending on the availability of information sources and the honesty of the patients subjected to the research, it is estimated that in some countries of the world this problem may affect from a few to even 93% of women of reproductive age, usually under the age of 30, which constitutes a significant percentage of people and him in the light of exceedingly troublesome and burdensome in everyday Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neu- tral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and insti- tutional affiliations. Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Submitted for possible open access publication under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/li- censes/by/4.0/).