Taping Flashcards
Taping indications
Relieve pain
** Improve joint stability
Reduce injury recurrence
**Prevent injury
**Correct poor biomechanics
Facilitate muscle action
Inhibit over-contraction
**Enhance proprioception
Compress in the presence of edema
Taping 3 key factors that sum it all up
Stabilize or support an injury
Relieve pain by de-loading vulnerable or painful structures
Facilitate normal movement, muscle action, or postural patterns
taping vs. bracing
taping = need som expertise
Tape= best choice for return to sport
Bracing= No expertise needed
Cost-effective but not the best choice
Kines. Tape proposed benefits
Proprioceptive facilitation
Reduced muscle fatigue
Muscle facilitation
*** Muscle inhibition
Reduced delayed-onset muscle soreness
Pain inhibition
Improved healing
Reduced edema
** Improved lymphatic drainage
How does kinesio tape relieve pain
deloading vulnerable or painful structures
kinesio tape facilitates —– and —–
- facilitiates normal movement, muscle action, or postural patterns
- Stabilize or support an injury
Kinesio tape pt. population
Primarily used to prevent and treat sports injuries
Can also be used to alleviate pain and improve healing in soft tissues.
biggest difference kinesio and mcconell tape
KINESIO TAPE = MOVEMENT
NOT GOOD FOR KEEPING JOINT IN POSITION
MCCONNEL – RIGID , POSTURE
Kinesio tape: CNS theory
pain modulation by activating afferent pathways and turning on mechanoreceptors
Kinesio tape: skin theory
even a little bit of stretch changes concentration and density of dermis and epidermis
Kinesio tape: fascia theory
Tension elements encourage homeostasis.
Kinesio Tape Circulatory/Lymphatic theory
Opens microvalves and decompresses the skin.
kinesio tape: joint theory
Creates space in joints
Increased space=decreased chance of joint irritation.
Unstretched kinesio tape application and what it does
JOINT MUSCLE AND SKIN IS STRETCHED BEFORE TAPE APPLICATION
improves subcutaneous flow of blood and lymphatic fluid
Stretched kinesio tape application
Tape is stretched before application to the skin
provides support for correction and stabilization of affected joints/ligaments
Contraindications kinesio tape and mcconnell tape
Malignancy
Infection/cellulitis
Open wounds
DVT
Previous allergic reaction to kinesiology tape
Fragile skin
Precautions for kinesio tape and mcconnell tape
Diabetes
CHF
Dialysis/kidney disease
Organ transplants
Pregnancy - indicated, helpful with lBP management
severe 75% stretch for
tendon
full 100% stretch for
ligament
McConnell Taping used for
Affects biomechanics of a joint and is primarily used for NEURO RE-EDUCATION and POSTURAL STABILITY
I strip used for
support and posture
Often used to facilitate rotator cuff, gluteus muscles, quadriceps or the achilles’ tendon.
Y or V strip used for
control the position of the knee cap as in patellofemoral stress syndrome or subluxing patella.
fan strip used for
control swelling in leg or arm. Can be used in lymphedema management as well.
X used for
cross multiple joints
McConnell Taping proposed physiological mechanisms
mechanoreceptors
Information integrated with visual and vestibular input at CNS level
Perception of position sense (in static) and kinesthesia (dynamic)