Bruise - Self-taping (Pain Management)

 

 Taping Directions:

  • Location: Bruise location
  • Application: Self-taping bruise
  • Indication: Bruise
  • Shape: Eight thin I-strips (each strip about 1-1.5cm width) 
  • Applying position: In sitting position

 

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Acti-Tape - Thigh - Bruise (Self-taping) - Step by Step Instructions

1.

  • We will use as many thin I-strips as necessary. In this case we will use 8 strips.
  • Sit on the table with the knee slightly bent and the muscles relaxed.
  • Identify the center of the bruise and place the first strip across the thigh, slightly diagonally and to one side of the bruise.

 2.
  • Then another strip parallel on the other side of the bruise.

 3.
  • Further strips are placed outside and parallel to these 2.

4.

  • Then place a strip at right angles, again slightly to one side of the bruise.
  • Keep applying strips to complete a lattice that covers the bruise site.

 

5.

 
  • The final result.