TAPING THE 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