Fitness & Exercise : How to Tape a Sprained Ankle

Taping a sprained ankle is important to support the ligaments without cutting off circulation, and beginning with a pre-wrap prevents the 1 1/2-inch tape from sticking to the skin. Support a sprained ankle through a specific wrapping technique with exercise advice from a gymnastics teacher in this free video on physical fitness.

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[catfish4975]

I work in the adult film industry and I was having trouble with a certain position where the girl is up against the wall and her legs are over my shoulders. The additional weight was putting stress on my ankle and I kept rolling it. This helped a lot.

[flipstyle12]

Only problem is when you tear the tape, you shouldn't push on the athletes ankle because if her ankle really was sprained, it would put her in more pain.. Try a two handed tear technique.

[absolutnelly]

Heal lock helpful!! I know how to do it but couldn't remember exactly how the heal lock when. Saw this & was like OH yeah.... I already had everything else done. I don't use that much tape, less anchors but similar idea to what I was taught!! My horse & I fell down 2 wks ago tomorrow. Tried to get out of the way but my left ankle had some damage to the bone that sicks out from the ankle. Dr said fine to bear weight BUT had a brace to wear. Brace rubs, so was taught this!! night n day Love it!!!

[Lily210]

And now I am out of tape.

[4soccerplaya]

guys, if she didn't tape it up so hard, it wouldn't do anything! I know that from personal experience! I just re-sprained it because a girl trainer thought I was a pansey. So next time I got the football coach to wrap me up, and sure, I have a scar on my toe from the circulation being cut off, but I prefer that to spraining my ankle again!

[mongoosemonk]

if that girl really had a sore ankle, you would of got your teeth kicked out becuase ur so hard taping her up!

[phille21]

That was seriously A LOT of tape.

[trecoolsrebelrocker]

keep in mind that all this flexing and turning will be painful to someone with a ankle sprain...just saying.

[MrSkatermike99]

wowowowow what a tape waster....shes dumb .. thats not how you do it lol

[ddsailor25]

@flipstyle12 In my opinion, if the ankle is that sore where they can't handle any additional pressure over the ATF or CF then they shouldn't be taped in the first place. Overall this is a good tape job. It's not a standard closed basket, but it will get the job done.

[GymnasticsGirly456]

this uses a TON of tape! i have taped my ankle twice and my role is almost gone. is every layer neccesary? cause ill be spending a fortune on tape for the rest of my life! (well my parents will be anyway!)