In this article you will get acquainted with the method of treating the knee joint - teiping.
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If you have, as a result of injury or age workers (arthritis, arthrosis), it hurts your knee, and it’s hard for you to walk, in a medical institution they will help you more easily tolerate pain when walking, using taping. What it is? How to do it? We find out in this article.
What is taping?
Taping - This is the imposition around a sore knee of special adhesive tapes, with which it will be easier to walk. Glue tapes can be applied in such a way that the knee joint will not move or will, but partially.
Previously, only athletes used taping. Now this treatment method is used:
- For the purpose of treatment with arthritis, arthrosis
- Athletes impose teips to prevent injury to the knee joints
- As rehabilitation after surgical operations
Taping is used for such painful states of the knee joints:
- After a knee injury
- After stretching the muscles or ligaments
- After surgery on the knee joint
- With arthritis, arthrosis
- Athletes to prevent a knee injury
- Athletes with leg seizures after increased loads
The knee joint can be fixed in other ways, for example, a bandage, but it will be so inconvenient to move, and the tape only slightly limits the movement of the joint.
What are the requirements for taping ribbons?
To correctly fix the knee joint, taping ribbons or teips must meet the following requirements:
- Cotton
- Stretch well
- Without latex
- Air should pass through them
- One side is covered with special glue for attachment to the skin
- Waterproof
Taping ribbons are of different widths, but more in demand with a width of 5 cm. They can be worn no more than 3-7 days.
What gives taping?
Using tape, we get:
- Tipes support the knee muscles
- The soreness of the muscles and joints of the knee decreases
- The blood flow of the knee joint improves
- The load on the knee joint is reduced
- The knee joint moves less, which means that he will be cured faster
How is tape done?
It is necessary to adhere to the following rules when applying teip:
- Around the knee you need to remove all the hairs
- The skin around the knee must be wiped with alcohol for degreasing
- The tape is attached to a bent knee at an angle of 160-170̊
- The tape does not need to be pulled hard
- The tape must be applied so as not to squeeze the vessels or nerve endings
- There should be no folds on the tape, encircling the knee
- The tape needs to be applied so that it does not interfere with the movements of the leg
If on the leg, in the field of teip application: redness, numbness or tingling, then the tapes are incorrectly applied, and the work must be redone.
Who should not use taping?
Some people still have contraindications of this treatment method:
- If a person has high skin sensitivity and allergies are possible
- With damage to the skin near the knees
- With severe swelling of the legs
- Old people who have a skin around the joints
- With complex injuries
- With varicose veins
So, we learned what the tape of the knee joint is.
Video: Taping the knee
