Taping Upper Limb
Taping Upper Limb
Taping Upper Limb
Materials
◦ Razor
◦ Skin toughener spray
◦ Prowrap
◦ 3.8 cm white tape
Postioning
◦ Sitting, with wrist in neutral position held in
slight extension (about 20 degree)
FOR A MODERATE
WRIST SPRAIN
WRIST ANCHOR
MTC HEADS ANCHOR
HYPEREXT: PALMAR
CROSSES
HYPERFLX:DORSAL
CROSSES
FIGURE OF 8 FROM
RADIAL TO ULNAR.
ELBOW
HYPEREXTENSION
TAPING
VERTICAL
APPROXIMATION OF
TWO ANCHORS.
5-6’ X ‘FAN SHAPED
FIG OF 8 TO
REINFORCE.
ACROMIOCLAVICULAR
JOINT TAPING
SHOULDER SPICA
HOLD ARM IN
INTERNAL ROTATION
FROM POST TO ANT
AT MIDBICEPS
THUMB SPICA FOR
FIRST MCP JOINT
BUDDY TAPING FOR
FINGERS
FOR COLLATERAL
LIGAMENTS OF
FINGERS
Wash, dry and shave the forearm if
hairy
Spray the area to be taped
Apply prowrap to the forearm
Apply two circumferential anchors of
3.8 cm white tape around mid forearm
at the musculotendinous junction
Apply a circumferential anchor of white
tape around the distal metacarpal
Procedure
Thumb sprain taping
Materials
◦ Razor
◦ Skin toughener
◦ Prowrap
◦ 3.8 cm white tape
◦ 1.2 cm white tape
Position
◦ Sitting with elbow supported on the table
◦ Thumb and hand held in neutral functional
position