Taping Flashcards
What are purposes of taping?
- improve biomechanical alignment
- joint stability/integrity
- alter mm activation
- pain management
- edema/swelling
- improve prioprioception *alignment
- alter organization of functional synergies
- modeling of bones *alignment
- increase carry over in functional tasks
less pain + better alignment –> can function better
If I can’t position them with my hands, I can’t position them with tape T or F
True
not without skin breakdown
Use of kinesiotape:
inhibit a muscle
facilitate a muscle
change synergies
what are 3 goals of taping?
- facilitate or inhibit
- support or align
- edema managment
latex is in which tape?
leukotape
*can try subbing with kineseotape
To modify posture, support for stability, or alignment, I would use which tape
rigid tape
T or F: gradually wean or decrease amount of tape as mm are retrained
*make it gradual, to build up tolerance
True
skin test strip for 24 hours before on the _ or _
sternum or back
acrylic is in which tape (allergen to some people)
acrylic in kinesiotape
all the tapes are _ activated
heat activated
*rub first
*longer wear = harder to get off
Patient has shiny skin, blood thinners, COPD, on steroids…
should they use tape?
No
How to prep skin for tape
when you put tape on, write _ and _
to remove tape, you use what
- prep: milk of magnesia or commercial skin prep
- write “remove slowly” and date/initial
- Acetone free nail polish remover, baby oil, vegetable oil, skin so soft,
goo-gone
What taping CANNOT accomplish
- sub for therapy
- long term sub for brace
- manage severe prob
- sub for Sx, neurolytic procedures, serial casting
What are properties of athletic tape? *Strong white tape
Minimal to no elastic quality
Tape is porous with zinc oxide and it molds to the joint, as
temperature rises it can become cast like
Used to limit and support movement around a joint
Usually used in a prophylactic manner
Short term use only
Its primary purpose is not rehabilitative
Leukotape properties
- brown tape, strong strong and NOT STRETCHY (don’t touch skin)
- use white tape under brown tape (Cover-all, Hypafix)
Kinesio tape 4 main physiological effects:
- Endogenous Analgesic System Function
- Muscle Function (supports muscle in movement)
- Lymphatic Function
- Joint Function (improving alignment)
What do you need to ensure with leukotape?
SMOOTH, FLAT, NO RIDGES (can cause skin integrity problems)
leukotape for forward shoulders
- clavicle, wrap around, to inferior border of scap
- right under AC joint
this is for posterior scap depression
*PULL WHEN YOU USE BROWN TAPE
*no creasing for the white tape, try not with brown
kinesiotape is _ free and made of 100% _ and _ fibers
*best for what?
latex free, made of cotton and elastic
leukotape for hyperextension: what are landmarks?
why not over knee?
start above knee, cross at popliteal fossa, come around to anterior shin
*start in little bit of knee flexion 5 degrees
not over knee bc it messes with patellar tracking
