this technique is commonly used for tennis elbow, which is known as
lateral epicondylitis. It is actually an irritation of the muscle attachments on
the outside part of the elbow right here
and what I'm going to have
the patient do is grab the middle finger, that's a good place to start
fully flex the wrist
and pronate, or turn the arm slightly outward.
The tape will be placed over this muscle. I'm going to tear one piece
I'm going to split the tape
this is easily done
just crease
and tear down the middle
It will actually stop at the anchor point
from there I'm going to tear off the anchor
and I'm goig to place that slightly above
the lateral epicondyle, which is actually usually where the pain is
again I'm going to place the anchor with no tension and rub it on pretty good.
and from here
because the patient is on stretch, I'm just going to lay the tape down
I'm goig to spread it over the entire backside of the forearm.
I'm going to take a second piece of tape
again, I'm going to split this
folding it down the middle, tearing it on its' perforation
and tearing off the anchor point
From here I'm going to go just to the back side of the forearm
very close to the elbow joint
I'm going to rub that anchor point on
tearing the paper off
and from here I'm going to gather
the connective tissue and skin as I put
fifty to seventy-five percent tension on that tape
and same thing on this piece
and notice
I'm avoiding taping over the inside part of the elbow, that tends to be sensitive skin
and with movement that can often cause irritation, so I'm avoiding that spot
and you are good to go