She climbs like a spider!

Ruth Corset wins Queen of the Wall title in Philly wearing SpiderTech

The most feared part of the 14.4-mile TD Bank Liberty Classic circuit through the streets of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the famed Manayunk Wall, a steep hill at a leg-punishing 17% grade that the women ascended four times during last Sunday’s (June 7) 57.6-mile bike race. Ruth Corset, a pixie-like Australian wearing SpiderTech – the ready-to-apply taping applications designed to alleviate pain and provide support to weakened and injured areas of the body – powered her lithe body up The Wall and charged over the course’s Lemon Hill to win the coveted Queen of the Wall prize as the event’s best climber at the biggest one-day professional road cycling race in the United States.

Corset had a Lower Back Spider applied the day before the race, which she wore under her jersey. The second-year pro who finished the TD Bank Liberty Classic in 7th place in a talented international field of over 100 riders said, “SpiderTech tape has done wonders for my aching, tight and aggravated back – not only in the mountains, but on tough hilly circuits like the Montreal World Cup and the Liberty Classic. I am a believer.”

Presently competing with her New Zealand-based Jazz Apple professional cycling team at the five-day Nature Valley Grand Prix in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Corset continued, “On Wednesday night (June 10), I tried SpiderTech to help my tight IT bands and I felt great.”

Corset was introduced to SpiderTech by the company’s athlete ambassador Dotsie Bausch, who is Jazz Apple’s team captain. Also sporting SpiderTech last Sunday in the 156-mile men’s Philadelphia International Cycling Championship were riders from Team Planet Energy, the top Canadian pro squad of which the company is a sponsor.

SpiderTech was developed by Toronto, Ontario’s Nucap Medical to innovatively address pain management and myofascial dysfunction through the use of specialized elastic tape applications made from the proven Nitto-Denko tape, the original kinesiology tape from Japan engineered to mimic the thickness, weight and elasticity of human skin. It is presently available in sixteen pre-cut therapeutic and performance enhancing supports known as Spiders that were created by chiropractor Dr. Kevin Jardine, an advisor to numerous professional cyclists, runners, triathletes, and sports teams.

Both SpiderTech and SpiderTape – the new brand name for Nitto-Denko kinesiology tape distributed by Nucap Medical – are fabricated from high-grade cotton material with 100% acrylic, hypoallergenic adhesive. It is water-resistant and breathable, and can be worn for up to five days. The origins of SpiderTech and SpiderTape are traced to the unique Nitto-Denko tape that was developed in 1987 for a Japanese chiropractor for kinesiology taping. The tape is used and accepted worldwide by professional and Olympic athletes. With more than 25 years of product development and production, it is regarded as the elite line and world standard in kinesiology tape.