I'm Chris Harper and with me today is Melissa and we’re going to demonstrate
how to tape for sacroiliac joint or SI joint pain.
SI joint pain can be
caused by
the hips being out of alignment,
third trimester of pregnancy, childbirth poor posture, sitting for long periods of
time. How KT Tape can help is by decreasing pressure over the area
relieving inflammation in order to decrease the pain
SI joint pain could be felt on either side and today we just place the dot here
on the right SI joint
to demonstrate where this pain may be.
So for the first part of this application is to stretch the skin over the area and how
we do that is just go ahead and lean forward.
And our first piece of tape is just going to be a full strip.
And we’re going to twist and tear the paper backing
peeling that back
being careful not to touch the adhesive on the uh... sticky part of the tape.
We're going to be stretching a tape
with our thumbs flat on the tape to apply even pressure through that piece.
We're going right across the area of pain
with eighty percent stretch.
What that is is if we go out a hundred percent and just back that off a little bit
and go ahead and lay that tape down.
Rub that on quickly and the anchors or the ends of the tape we’re just going to lay down
on the skin
with zero stretch. So just taking that paper off and laying that down.
Ok, our next piece
we’re going to take another full strip and
we're going to fold that in half
and using a pair of scissors we're going to cut rounded corners on this piece
We’re cutting rounded corners so the sharp corners
won't get caught on clothing.
Ok, and our first piece we’re going to twist and tear the paper backing
peeling that paper back again being careful not to touch the adhesive.
You're going to apply even pressure gain eighty percent of stretch
going over that area of pain on an angle. If you draw a line from the hip up to
the spot of pain
that’s about the angle you're going to apply this tape on.
We’re going to lay that down
and again
going to
lay the anchors down
with absolutely no stretch.
For our third piece again we're going to twist and tear that paper backing
peeling that back
applying even pressure with our thumbs to stretch that tape to eighty percent
and placing that down on the opposite side
again laying the anchors down with absolute zero stretch
And before we change position we’re going to give the whole thing a good friction rub.
That helps
the adhesive to stick.
We’re going to go ahead and stand up and once we stand we should see a few wrinkles
horizontally across the area with the tape.
Some tips for applying the tape is make sure you clean the skin very well before
applying the tape.
Alternative positions if there is a bit of pain and standing is to lie on
your side and bring the knees up to the chest again to stretch the skin over the area
and apply the tape in the same manner.
Some other treatments that can be applied are ice
or taking non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen
and watching your posture.
If you have any pain into the buttock or radiating down the leg, having swelling
over the area please seek professional care with a physician, a physical
therapist or chiropractor. For more information please see our website at
www.kttape.com.