Starts on the date of purchase. Valid for 12 months.
Couse objectives:- This course is designed for clinicians interested in incorporating sport-taping skills into their clinical practice. This is especially applicable for clinicians working backstage event coverage with dancers and artistic athletes. To date, taping skills courses have focused on traditional sport taping to assist in returning athletes to sport as they heal from injury. This course will teach you the traditional taping techniques and how to modify the techniques to best support the dancer’s return to activity while respecting their mobility requirements.
- This course has been designed to give participants a full introduction to taping so that each taping product and the rational for application is understood. Participants will learn the tools of the trade, the different tape supplies, the risks and benefits, as well as best practices for safe application and removal. This course is applicable content for those clinicians challenging sport physiotherapy and athletic therapy exams.
- Taping techniques will be taught as per normal sport protocol and then participants will learn to adapt these applications to make them specific to the needs of dancers.
The following taping will be taught:
· Ankle return to sport/dance, inversion vs eversion ankle sprain
· Acute ankle compression
· Tibialis posterior support
· Plantar fascia support – low die arch support (standard and adaptation for dance)
· Turf toe – Flexor Hallucis Longus support
· Toe buddy taping
· Achilles tendon return to dance (standard and light support)
· Shin splints
· Superior tib fib joint support
· Patella femoral pain support and lateral patellar subluxation support
· Patellar tendonosis strap
· Knee hyperextension control (standard and light)
· ACL
· MCL
· Hip spica
· Psoas support
· Lumbar spine support
The following supplies will be required:
· Utility scissors
· Tape sharks
· Tuff-skin or prewrap spray
· Skin lube
· Heel and lace pads x 20 squares
· 1.5 inch athletic tape x 8 rolls
· Leukotape x 1 roll
· Kinesio/K tape x 1 roll
· Prewrap x 2 rolls
· 3 inch tensor x 1
· Double length 6 “ tensor x 1
· 3” Tensoplast tape x 4
· 2’ Tensoplast tape x 4
· 3” lightplast cover tape x 4
Learning Objectives
In this online course, you will learn:
- The procedures and principles of taping
- The traditional sport taping methods and how to adapt the techniques for dancers and artistic athletes.
- How to select the most appropriate taping products and techniques to accomplish your clinical goals
- How to tape like a pro and feel confident backstage, on-field and in clinic with your skills.
People who should take this course:
- Clinicians wishing to use taping skills in their clinical practice.
- Clinicians working with athletes, specifically artistic athletes and dancers.
- Clinicians working towards sport certification exams.
- Clinicians who want to review their taping skills and have a video resource to refer to.
Dance Science Member discounts apply
FAQs
- If I have never taken a taping course will I know enough to start? Yes - this course includes a thoughough review of the principles, procedures and all of the supplies you will need to be an expert taper.
- I don't really work with dancers but I think taping would be valuable to me. Would I benefit from this course material? Yes - I use this course material in my clinical practice with non dancers all the time. I will show you how to apply the principles of taping so that you can adjust a standard taping for the many different activity specific applications you might be faced with.
- Will I be able to learn taping skills effectively with video? Yes - the course instructor is a Sport Physio Canada examiner and a Registered International Sport Physiotherapist who has experience both backstage at the Olympic Games and backstage at the studio. The instruction is clear and you will have the videos to refer to, pause, and continue as you practice your new skills.
$375.00
Terms and Conditions
This membership will entitle the purchaser to a partial or complete discount on events/classes offered by the business for Starts on the date of purchase. Valid for 12 months.. If the start date of this membership has already passed, it will not be prorated for partial months/days, meaning the price is the same regardless of when purchased. Some classes/events may be excluded from this membership. Unless otherwise noted, this membership is non-transferable. See the details above for more information.