Different Uses of Kinesiology Tape

I cut my hand de-pitting an avocado. Sharp knife, slippery fruit, silly mistake.

The incision was rather deep in the palm of my left hand, between my second and third digits.

Upon removing the blade, blood seeped out in a rather stream like fashion, therefore I used gauze and tape as a way to bandage my hand. Finding this to be cumbersome and inefficient, as soon as the bleeding stopped and the cut started to seal up (about 24 hours), I decided to see what my skills with kinesiology tape could do. (I also couldn't get to any tape sooner).

I started with the lymphatic drainage tape strips on the back of my arm using the Muscle Vector Taping© technique (Pic 1 and 2). This would help the swelling that occurred from the injury and help support my wrist muscles as I still had to work. (Swelling reduced 80% in one day).

I then cut a small slit for my finger and placed the kinesiology tape OVER a bandage that was over the wound (never put kinesiology tape over an open would - not good). 

This tape job was water proof and allowed me to work with my hands. The lymphatic drainage actually supported my wrist a lot more and allowed me to grab things with my fingers more freely. It also allowed me to start doing some rehab to retrain the muscles that were damaged.

Highly recommend this durable waterproof tape even in silly mistakes that cause deep incisions. ;)

Konrad Grzeszkowiak, DC

 Different techniques using kinesiology tape.