Pocketbook of Taping Techniques Book

PART 1

1. Introduction

2. Taping literature update

3. Taping for pain relief

4. Recent taping techniques to alter muscle activity and proprioception

PART 2

5. Foot

• Turf toe strap

• Hallux valgus

• Antipronation taping

• Plantar fasciitis

• Low Dye Taping

• Plantar fasciitis support

• Medial arch support

• Cuboid subluxation in dancers

• Heel pain

• Heel contusion


6. Ankle and leg

• Acute ankle sprain—field wrap

• Acute ankle sprain—open basketweave

• Acute ankle sprain

• Inferior tibiofibular joint

• Achilles tendinopathy

• Ankle dorsiflexion and rear foot motion control

• Achilles tendinopathy

• Achilles tendon support—two methods

• Preventive taping for injuries to the lateral aspect of the ankle joint

• Closed basketweave taping for the ankle

• Heel locks for closed basketweave

• Calcaneal Motion control

• Superior tibiofibular joint

• Shin—MTSS offload


7. Knee

• Patellar tendinosis

• Unload the fat pad

• Knee support—Crystal Palace wrap

• Sprain of the lateral collateral ligament

• Anterior cruciate taping

• Continuous figure-of-eight wrap for the knee

• Vastus lateralis inhibition


8. Lumbar spine

• Lumbar spine taping

• Frontal plane pelvic stability

• Sacroiliac joint

• Chronic low-back and leg pain


9. Thoracic spine

• Thoracic spine taping

• Thoracic spine unload

• Winging scapulae

• Scapular control—Watson’s strap

• Scapular retraction

• Serratus Anterior taping


10. Shoulder girdle

• Shoulder taping techniques

• Shoulder girdle elevation

• Acromio clavicular joint congruency

• Subluxation of acromioclavicular joint

• Acromioclavicular joint strap

• Acromioclavicular joint taping

• Acromioclavicular taping for sport using stretch tape

• Scapula upward rotation

• Relocation of the humeral head

• Multidirectional instability

• Upper trapezius inhibition

• Scapula external rotation

• Scapula posterior tilt


11. Elbow, wrist and hand

• Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylosis)

• Simple epicondylitis technique

• Elbow hyperextension sprain

• Prophylactic wrist taping

• Wrist taping

• Wrist taping

• Wrist taping

• Inferior radioulnar joint taping

• Contusion to the hand

• Palm protective taping (the Russell web)

• Protection of the metacarpophalangeal joints for boxers


12. Fingers and thumb

• Sprained fingers—buddy system

• Single-finger taping

• Finger joint support

• Climber’s finger injury

• Prophylactic thumb taping

• Simple thumb check-rein figure-of-eight method

• Thumb spica taping


13. Spicas and triangular bandages

Glossary