Taping Flashcards
(26 cards)
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 be very allergenic! may see quick response)
*can try subbing with kinesiotape
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
should you cut tape while on the patient
NO
What taping CANNOT accomplish
- sub for therapy
- long term sub for brace
- manage severe problems
- 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)
What is leukotape/mcconnell tape best for?
alignment and support!
not just inhibition/facilitation
bracing, joint strapping, limit patho mvmt
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
facilitation/inhibition of mm
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
for ankle DF assist, use _ tape
kinesio tape
for pain management (lumbar), use
kinesiotape
