Acute Care Lab Spring ‘10

 UCL is most important (Tommy John)

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

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

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

 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)

 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