Acute Care Lab
Spring ‘10

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UCL is most important (Tommy John)

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Hyperextension taping
◦ Similar to knee; have the elbow bent about 10-20 degrees
 Make a muscle (contract biceps)
 Apply 2 anchors to biceps and 2 anchors to midforearm
 Make a fan, crossing the cubital fossa (2 fans)
 Anchor after each fan
 Close tape job
 Check circulation

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Similar to knee collateral taping- elbow bent
10-20 degrees
◦ Apply two anchor strips to biceps area and midforearm
 Contracts biceps muscle
 Applies a fan on either the medial or lateral depending on which ligament is injured aspect,
 Applies two fans
 Closes tape job and checks circulation
◦ Not very comfortable to throw with

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Flexion
Extension
Pronation
◦ Palm faces down
Supination
◦ Palm faces up
Ulnar deviation
◦ Hand moves towards your ulna
Radial deviation
◦ Hand moves towards your radius

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Wrist
◦ Compression (mostly for weight lifting)
◦ Hyperextension (common in offensive lineman)
 Variety of ways to do this
Hand
◦ Hyperextension
 Same as above
Fingers
◦ “Buddy tape”
◦ Hyperextension
◦ Thumb taping (common in majority of sports)

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The hand and finger tape jobs will take practice!
◦ We use them just as much as an ankle tape
Don’t get frustrated by it
Go off of the proficiencies
◦ Jeff and myself have variations to each tape job as does each athletic trainer
 Learn it first then you can add your own variations