Lab 5 Injury Management PDF

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Summary

This lab is instructed by 2 TA's at OTU and the information for the lab session is provided both in person and online. This goes through the goal of the medial arch tape job and how to apply the tape step by step....

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Medial Arch Tape Job -

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Goal o Support medial arch of the foot o Pushing the existing fat pad of the heel Anchor o Runs across the metatarsal heads around the dorsum of the foot  Ultra light  Zinc tape  when you seal it at the dorsum of the foot, you put pressure into the foot to splay the toes aprat o 2nd Anchor  run from lateral side, around the back, and up the medial side  Edges of the foot Ask the patient to flex their toes o To shorten the arch Tear Drop Strips o Rip the zinc oxide tape in half (lengthwise) o Use ½ width piece of tape  1st metatarsal head, diagonally to the calcaneus, behind the heel, then pull up the medial side o Use ½ width zinc oxide tape  3rd metatarsal head o Use ½ width zinc oxide  5th metatarsal head o FANNING when reattaching the strip to the anchor, fan medially o Close Windows  2nd metatarsal head  4th metatarsal head  Lateral to medial strips (whole width of zinc oxide)  Covering the tear drops Redo the Anchors o Reverse order o 1  Lateral to medially, behind calcaneus o 2  metatarsal heads...