Pocketbook of Taping Techniques, 1st Edition

PART 11. Introduction2. Taping literature update3. Taping for pain relief4. Recent taping techniques to alter muscle activity and proprioceptionPART 25. 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 bandagesGlossary

Rose Macdonald, BA, FCSP, Consultant in Sports Physiotherapy, Former Director, Sports Injury Centre, Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, UK