Cohesive Bandage
Ankle
Stabilise and compress the ankle joint and reduce swelling
Equipment:
One roll of 50mm or 75mm d3 Cohesive Tape
Top Tips:
Cohesive Tape is hand-tearable and sticks to itself, making it perfect for quick-solution joint taping and its application is not affected by wet, moisture or hair. Interestingly, it was first developed by vets for use with horses.
Cohesive Tape is most commonly used to support and wrap a joint and helps reduce injury swelling. Its stretchy nature allows comfort and some movement in the joint area. Apply with enough tension and layers to support the injury without fully locking out the joint and/or cutting off blood circulation.
If used carefully, d3 Cohesive Tape can be reused making it highly cost-effective.
Instead of Cohesive Tape, Elastic Adhesive Bandage can be used as an alternative but is a (scissor-cut) one-time use option that is more expensive.
d3 Cohesive Tape sticks to itself, not to the skin, so overlapping tape-on tape is best and most effective when creating compression wrapping.
Cohesive Tape is also excellent for wrapping ice packs onto, or around, a muscle injury as part of the Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation (R.I.C.E) rehab protocol, to reduce swelling, before seeking medical advice.