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Treatment Time for Stabilization Tape

Ann Porretto-Loehrke, DPT, PT, CHT, COMT

May 7, 2013

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How long should stabilization tape be applied for scapular stabilization?

 

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As far as initial treatment, one to two days, and if they tolerate it well, then they can keep it up to three days.  I can remember two patients who kept it on a whole week and did fine.  Typically after three days, this getting sweaty and gummy and can irritate your skin.  It is important when they take the tape off to do it slowly and you take the skin from the tape.  It is not the Band-Aid approach, where you just rip it off.  Sometimes with people with more sensitive skin, people who have freckles and more reddish hues to their skin, I put skin prep on there first, let it dry, and then apply the tape.  You can also use Milk of Magnesia.  Everyone wonders why we have Milk of Magnesia in our closet.  You can put that on, let it air dry, and then apply the tape. 


ann porretto loehrke

Ann Porretto-Loehrke, DPT, PT, CHT, COMT

Ann Porretto-Loehrke is a Certified Hand Therapist (CHT) and a Certified Orthopedic Manual Therapist (COMT) for treatment of the upper quadrant through the International Academy of Orthopedic Medicine-United States (IAOM-US). She earned a post-professional Doctorate in Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Drexel University with a specialty in hand and upper quarter rehabilitation. Ann co-authored the chapter “Therapist’s Management of Other Nerve Compressions About the Elbow and Wrist” in the most recent edition of Rehabilitation of the Hand & Upper Extremity.  She is the therapy manager at the Hand to Shoulder Center of Wisconsin, located in Appleton, Wisconsin.  Ann is also the lead instructor for the Hand & Upper Extremity Track through IAOM, a manual therapy track designed specifically for hand therapists. She is a dynamic, passionate instructor who loves teaching and providing patient care. 


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