- 1). Buy a roll of 1.5-inch non-stretch white tape. Apply tape to the inside of your wrist. Moving the tape up and around the outside of your wrist, wrap it around the back of your hand and through the webbing of the thumb.
- 2). Run the tape across your palm and across the back of your wrist. Cut the tape with scissors and seal it against the tape you started with at the front of your wrist.
- 3). Start with another piece of tape and secure it to the back of your hand. Run that piece of tape in the opposite direction around the base of your thumb and across your palm. Continue to wrap the tape around your thumb and across your palm, gradually taking the tape a little higher up on the thumb each time around. Use several strips of tape if needed.
- 4). Repeat steps 1 and 2 by running another piece of tape across the front of your wrist, around the back of your hand, through the webbing up your thumb, across your palm and back to the front of your wrist. Cut the tape then seal it on the front of your wrist.
- 5). Test the tape to make sure that your thumb is immobilized enough so that it does not move into a painful position. Add more tape higher up the thumb by repeating steps 3 and 4, if necessary.
Taping Your Hand For Thumb Tendonitis
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