VIDEO: Taping on the wrist
If you have experience with taping and taping, then you can tape your wrist yourself. If you have not yet come into contact with it, please contact a physiotherapist or doctor for the first applications, who will explain the handling and the correct application technique to you.
How to apply the K-tape to your wrist
- Cut two pieces of the green K-Tape adjusted so that it is 2 cm shorter than your wrist circumference.
- Cut a red piece to the length of your forearm.
- Check the stretch of the tape and find the mean stretch.
- Now stick the band around your wrist on the top of your wrist with your hand bent slightly downwards. The bottom should only be a few inches skin be free.
- Rotate your poor around and bend your hand down.
- Then stick the second strip over the previously free space on the course of the first piece of tape.
- Your wrist should now be completely enclosed in tape.
- If you have problems when you pull your hand upwards, you should now place the red tape strip on the underside of your forearm.
- To do this, keep your forearm as you did when you laid out the second green stripe. From the beginning of the tape, glue the red stripe to the hand while stretching slightly.
- If you're having trouble flexing the palm of your hand, tape the top. To do this, bend the palm of your hand slightly towards your forearm and now attach the red tape strip to the top of your hand and arm.
Do you have thumb pain? Especially if you play a ball sport, such as ...
This must be taken into account when taping
- Note that your skin should be dry and oil-free for the tape to hold properly.
- The tape should never be used on open wounds or fresh ones scar be created.
- A tape bandage stabilizes your joint, but allows movement. With existing Injuries you should therefore consult your doctor beforehand.
- Be your pains stronger, you should definitely see a doctor for that complaints to be clarified.
There are other options on the wrist too taping, the choice of tape and the type of system is usually up to the doctor.
The content of the pages of www.helpster.de was created with the greatest care and to the best of our knowledge and belief. However, no guarantee can be given for the correctness and completeness. For this reason, any liability for possible damage in connection with the use of the information offered is excluded. Information and articles must under no circumstances be viewed as a substitute for professional advice and / or treatment by trained and recognized doctors. The content of www.helpster.de cannot and must not be used to make independent diagnoses or to start treatments.
