- A flat foot connect, cause foot pain, ankle pain
knee pain, hip pain, and even back pain Brad.
- It's like the old, the hip bones connected to the foot
bones kind of a deal.
Yeah. So we're gonna show how to tape it
- Tape, right?
Oh, we got some special tape here.
We'll explain it all.
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- Bob and Brad
the two most famous physical therapists
on the internet.
- So we wanna tape it to see if it helps your pain.
Brad. That's all we're doing is an experiment.
So we'll tape it.
If it helps you actually may get
a permanent arch support then if, if it works
- Right and taping is something that therapists
have been doing for many years, but it's not just
- This is a really effective method.
Yeah. Taught by Rick Olderman, our hero.
- God, Bob
- Check it out.
- Another hero.
- So Brad has said he will
tape my foot
- Bob. I'm ready to do, do it.
I've done this many times.
So it should go fairly well.
But you know, I'm a little nervous in front of the camera.
- Sure. All right.
We got two types tape.
The first tape is tact to skin
- Right,
right
It's called a strapping tape.
Yeah, I know it's called a cover roll
- Cover roll.
So I, I always think that's kind of the base of what you put
on first.
Let's show you the, the marking points.
This green circle here is his lateral malleolus
or the ankle bone on the outside.
We also use the medial malleolus,
the ankle bone on the inside.
And those are landmarks that I'm gonna use
for putting this first base layer on.
So they, the way this works is you peel off the paper tape.
So the adhesive is exposed.
There it is.
Okay. Now, if I pull this all the way off
you can do it that way.
But if this touches sticky side, the sticky side
it really becomes a problem
- It's a real pain.
- Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah. That makes me say bad words
- Can cover the lateral malleolus.
- Yep. Over the top.
We can.
Well, you can't see it, but I'll show you later.
You'll we'll get a good view of it.
So I see I'm pulling it off, getting all the wrinkles out.
There we go.
Ah, yes.
We're gonna come around to the back side
kinda right through the bottom of the foot.
- Probably clip half of the bone.
- Yep. On this side.
So you'll see it once I get it on there.
We probably, you do talking
- You could do this yourself,
but it'll take some practice.
- Yep. Exactly.
Little practice makes perfect.
Here we go.
There we go.
Half of that.
- She's eclipsed as sparring spiraling up.
- Yes, sir.
All the way around.
And then we're gonna come
across the anterior tube or the shin bone there.
All right. There
Alright
Make sure it's down.
It's absolutely critical that the skin is clean.
There's no lotion.
- Absolutely. Yep.
- It's all dry and clean for obvious reasons.
I want it to stick for a number of days.
Now I have the
- That's a rigid strapping tape
- Right? So there's no stretch to this
- Again, We'll have a link for the two tapes below.
- Yep. And this, you put right over the top.
Now at this point, when I start to come over the top
of the ankle bone and over the shin, I wanna make sure I
grab the foot and I'm going to supinate or bring it
in this way.
This way is pronation.
This way is supination.
- It's gonna give it more arch.
- Yep. And then when it's in that position
I can apply the tape, the rest of the way
try and get the wrinkles.
There we go all the way up, flatten it out
trying to get it wrinkled free watch.
- And you hear it down
- Mhm.
- And you take your time with this.
You can see his foot is angled
in this way a little bit.
- Help it hold my foot.
- Yep. So this is supporting the arch
in a pro super needed position.
- I get it, if this takes away your pain.
You can keep it on for a day or so.
If your pain, it really improves, you may wanna
consider it getting a arch support a corner one.
- But just putting the tape on
we have to put weight bearing on it.
Right.
Right. So
- You have to
- On it, walk on it.
Yeah. Just to make sure that that's clear.
- A fair skin warning.
If you're blonde hair, blue eyes.
- Yep.
- Your skin still may break
down even though you got the coverall tape on it.
- Right. So, and I've had this happen where
- Oh, I have two, the
- Skin turns red.
It'll start to itch.
If that starts around there
- You gotta take it off.
- You gotta take it off
You're not a candidate
- And it could be after it could be fine
for two days, you know, since start up.
- Yep.
- All right.
You gonna have good foot health now, Brad.
- That's right, Bob.
Little tape, give you some big answers on how to
- Be Pain free in the feet.
- Sound good.
Is that
- It pain free or soul free or arch free or
- Got it.
- Forget it.
Right. It'll work.
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