Sports taping can prevent injury or facilitate an injured athlete’s return to competition. In general, the tape should limit the abnormal or excessive movement of a sprained joint while also providing support to the muscles that the sprain has compromised.

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Many, clinicians attribute the value of taping to the enhanced proprioceptive feedback that the tape provides the athlete during performance.

ImageFor example, athletes who have injured the anterior cruciate ligament and suffer from rotary instability in the knee may receive sensory cues from the brace before it limits rotary movement.

This early proprioceptive feedback may enable the athlete subconciously to contract the muscle that control rotary instability. Similarly athletes involved in volleyball and basketball may recieve sensory cues from a taped ankle.

Tape, in this instance, can be more effective in providing proprioceptive feedback than actually limiting excessive inversion

Purpose of taping:

  1. Support the ligaments and capsule of unstable joints by limiting excessive or abnormal anatomical movement.
  2. Enhance proprioceptive feedback from the limb or joint
  3. Support injuries to the muscle-tendon units by compressing and limiting movement
  4. Secure protective pads, dressing and splints

The course covers taping principles and includes a significant amount of practical training. Sports tapes will be provided to each participant.

Some of the key body areas covered in the course include the ankle, knee (patella tendon and medial collateral ligament/MCL), fingers and thumb.

Course outline:

  1. Introduction to sports taping
  2. Fundamental taping principles
  3. Different uses with different types of tapes
  4. Practical demo & practice sessions

Date and Venue

Next course will be held at:
Date: 16 March 2012 (Friday)
Time: 10:00am-1:00pm
Venue: 6 Raffles Place, #11-01 Singapore 048580
Fees: S$100 per person
Closing date for registration: 1 March 2012

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For both Introductory and Advanced Sports Taping

Date and Venue

Next course will be held at:
Date: 16 March 2012 (Friday)
Time: 10am-1pm / 2-5pm
Venue: 6 Raffles Place, #11-01 Singapore 048580
Fees: S$180 per person
Closing date for registration: 1 March 2012

Registration

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