K- TAPING TECHNIQUES - PRACTICAL APPLICATION
CAMS, MAJMAAH UNIVERSITY
Muscle
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Lymphatic
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Tapping
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Corrective
tape
Ligament
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GENERAL TECHNIQUES OF K-TAPING
APPLICATION:
▪ Tape application in muscle:
▪ Muscle applications are affixed with 10% tape tension. Because the
tape is already pre-stretched by 10% on the roll, this is referred to as
an unstretched application. The patient is place with the muscle in the
elongated position. I- and Y-tapes are predominantly used.
▪ Indications:
▪ Hypertonicity,
▪ Hypotonicity,
▪ Muscle injuries,
▪ Muscle pain
▪ During the K-Taping training, students are taught
that a tonus increasing application is affixed from
the muscle of origin to the muscle of insertion.
▪ for a tonus-decreasing effect, the application is
affixed in the opposite direction, from muscle
insertion to muscle origin.
TAPING MATERIALS
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▪ Measure the required tape
strips on the patient with the
muscles in the elongated
position
▪ Cut the tape strips into the
appropriate form (e. g. Y-tape.
Cut the corners at the tape
ends into a rounded form) Figure: 9-11a:
▪ Place the patient in the resting
position
▪ Affix the base - Figure: 9-11b.
Figure: 9-11a
Figure: 9-11b
▪ Place the patient in position for
the necessary muscle
elongation. Figure: 9-11c
▪ Therapist affixes the base with
one hand and then positions
the skin. Figure: 9-11d.
▪ Affix the tape strips with the
other hand along the course of
the muscle with 10% stretch
▪ Rub the affixed tape strips
while the muscle is elongated.
Figure: 9-11c
Figure: 9-11d
K-TAPING PROCEDURES IN COMMON CLINICAL SCENARIOS:
▪ 1. Taping Biceps Brachi:
▪ Muscle technique is used; Y-tape is use for the
treatment of the short and long head. I-tape is
used for the treatment of the short head. For
greater muscle masses, the application can also
be carried out using the Y-technique with both tail
strips culminating on the short head.
PROCEDURES
▪ The tape is measured from the
crook of the elbow to the coracoid
process.
▪ The arm is extended and lightly
pronated.
▪ The small degree of pronation
makes it easier to affix the tape.
Figure: 9-13a.
▪ The base is attached to the
insertion point of the muscle in
crook of the elbow in the resting
position
FIGURE 9-13a
▪ The muscle is elongated with
extension and pronation and the
base anchored with skin
displacement. The tape is affixed
with 10% stretch along the
muscle margin up to the origin of
the short biceps head at the
coracoid process. Figure: 913b&c
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▪ The tape is rubbed in the
elongated muscle position.
Figure: 9-13b
Figure: 9-13c
TAPE APPLICATION IN LIGAMENTS:
▪ The tape application for ligaments is affixed with maximum stretch.
The joint is positioned so that the ligaments are under tension.
Exclusively I-tapes are used.
▪ Indications:
▪ Ligament injuries
▪ Overloading of ligaments
▪ Overloading of tendons.
▪ (The similar technique can be used to treat pain points, trigger
points, or spinal segments)
STEPS FOR APPLICATION
▪ Position the joint so that the ligament is in a
state of tension. Measure the tape from
insertion to insertion
▪ Cut the tape strips and round the edges
▪ Tear the backing paper down the middle and
remove up to the width required for the
respective bases at the ends of the tape.
▪ Apply maximum stretch to the tape ,affix en
bloc over the ligament structure
▪ Position the joint so there is maximum skin
tautness. Figure: 9-12
▪ Remove backing paper and affix the tape
ends.
Figure: 9-12
LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS OF THE ANKLE JOINT:
▪ Ligament technique I-tape,
alternative: Y-tape is used
▪ Procedures:
▪ The tape strip is affixed maximally
stretched over its entire length. The
Figure: 9-15 shows the completed
application with individual strip for
the anterior talofibular muscle. This
application can be used for the three
ligaments mentioned.
▪ Alternative method: The Y-technique
for the anterior talofibular &
calcaneofibular Ligaments.
Figure: 9-15
LYMPHATIC TAPE
▪ This kind of tape applications are used
in disorders of lymphatic drainage. The
lymphatic application brings about
lifting of the skin.
▪ The space between the skin and
subcutaneous tissue is thus increased,
thereby stimulating the lymphatic
collectors to resume their function.
The lymphatic application is affixed
with 25% tension in the tape. The
patient is in the pre-stretched position.
Exclusively fan tapes are used. Figure:
9-12
Figure: 9-12
LYMPHEDEMA OF HAND:
▪ In conditions where the oedema of the hand
becomes a major problem to patient, The
therapist goal is to drain the fluid
accumulated in hand. Lymphatic technique is
used and the tape is cut in the model of a fan
termed as fan tape.
PROCEDURE:
▪ The fan tape is measured from the
wrist to the distal phalanges with the
hand and fingers flexed.
▪ A separate tape strip is cut for the
thumb and affixed using the same
method.
▪ The base lies on the wrist.
▪ The tape ends are affixed without
tension.
▪ Remove the backing paper completely
and lightly affix only the ends.
▪ For affixing the individual tape strips,
the hand and fingers are flexed.
▪ The individual tape tails are detached
one after the other and with
anchored base, affixed with 25%
tension to fingers II to IV.
▪ The tape is rubbed after the
application has been completed.
K-TYAPINFG FOR LYMPHEDEMA OF HAND