According to the results of the analysis of scientific and methodological, special and reference literature, the members of the research group established, that the issue of introducing effective techniques of kinesiological taping into the occupational therapy system of veteran athletes who specialize in martial arts to date, an insufficient number of scientific and methodical works have been devoted to it, which requires further scientific investigations and emphasizes the relevance and practical component of the chosen direction of research. The main goal of the study is the approbation of the occupational therapy program for athletes who specialize in sambo wrestling (veteran athletes of "Masters" in the age group of 45-49 years) with the use of kinesiological taping at the stage of recovery after inflammation of chronic injuries of the ankle joints. In the process of research and analytical work, the following methods were used: abstraction, analysis and synthesis, induction (deduction), modeling, mathematical and statistical (correlation analysis, factor analysis), etc. As a result of an empirical study, the members of the scientific research group tested the program of occupational therapy for sambo wrestling veterans in the age group of 45-49 years, with an accented use of kinesiological taping tools at the stage of recovery after inflammation of chronic injuries of the ankle joints. Summarizing the results obtained at the end of the pedagogical experiment are established, that the occupational therapy program we proposed contributed to the accelerated recovery of veteran sambo wrestlers’ athletes with injuries (chronic inflammations) feet, as well as ankle joints. This, in turn, ensured the optimization of their educational and training load, as well as contributed to the increase in the indicators of competitive activity. Analyzing the indicators of the competitive activity of the participants of the pedagogical experiment, it is reasonable to state that, that the introduction of modern methods (techniques) of kinesiological taping into the system of occupational therapy of veteran sambo wrestlers (45-49 years old) ensured: improvement of blood circulation and lymph flow; reduction (stopping) of pain; stimulation of muscle hypotonus (relaxation of hypertonic muscles); protection of muscles from overload; reduction of inflammatory processes and protection and stabilization of ankle joints, etc. Prospects for further research in the chosen field of scientific research include the selection and testing of modern technical training tools with computer technologies that ensure the formation of the readiness of veteran sambo wrestlers for competitive activities.
