VIDEO: How to tap your fingers properly

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What you need:

• Tape

Mindfulness while taping

• Before you decide to follow these taping instructions, you should be sure that your finger is not seriously injured.
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• From the outside it is difficult to see a broken bone. When in doubt, the symptoms are the same as with one bruise. However, if you were to tape a broken bone and then continue to load your fracture, the injury could worsen.
• Therefore, always have a doctor take a look at your finger first and, if necessary, go for an X-ray. If a break is ruled out there, you can then tape the affected joint.
• If you frequently get into situations in which you have hands and Toes If you want to protect yourself with adhesive tape, you can get professional guidance from a sports doctor or physiotherapist.

Instructions for attaching the adhesive tape

• You can get adhesive strips in different widths at the pharmacy. Use narrow strips for your fingers, as you can tie them around the joints better.


Instructions for taping - this is how it works on hand and arm

If you have a sports injury to your hand or arm, taping can help ...

• Of course, special adhesive strips made for this purpose are ideal. However, if it is an emergency and you do not have any tape at hand, Leukoplast, scotch tape or a silk tape can help to temporarily support your fingers. However, you should have a pair of scissors on hand to clean the Association to be able to remove it again.
• Fingers 2 to 5, i.e. index finger to little finger, can be taped without any problems. However, the thumb is not that easy to handle. Since you have to position the adhesive strip differently here, this should be done by someone who is familiar with it.
• To tape the other fingers, take some gauze compress and place it between the affected finger and the one next to it, which will serve as a support. With the compress or a soft handkerchief you prevent pressure points that can arise from the joints rubbing against each other.
• When reading the instructions, make sure that you do not stick the tapes too tightly, otherwise you can obstruct the blood supply. It also needs to be loose enough that you can still move your finger easily.
• That Tape does not take on the function of a plaster of paris, but rather a supportive but flexible protective bandage.
• Since the tape is relatively easy to apply according to the instructions, you should remove your fingers from the bandage when there is no longer any risk of bumps or blows. This is the case at night, for example. Her skin can breathe freely and possible pressure points are avoided.