Kinesiotape As An Intervention To Address Pain and Function

Name: Kinesiotape As An Intervention To Address Pain and Function
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Content created by Austin McMurray, OTD student

Created byAustin McMurray

Last updated 4/2023

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What you'll learn

Recognize the need for kinesiotape to decrease pain and increase function in individuals with orthopedic conditions
Explain the effectiveness of kinesiotape compared to pharmacological interventions
Understand the need for more research regarding kinesiotape
Identify how my capstone will contribute to the profession of occupational therapy

Course content

5 sections • 11 lectures • 40m total length

Introduction1:01
Kinesio tape provides a non-invasive intervention to decrease pain and increase function in orthopedic conditions, compare its effectiveness with pharmacological approaches, and illuminate its contribution to occupational therapy.

Needs Assessment4:21
Identify gaps in evidence on kinesio tape for pain and function in upper-extremity conditions. Promote a non-invasive, inexpensive resource with taping basics, techniques, videos, and handouts for patients and practitioners.
Critically Appraised Topic4:05
Assess Kinesio tape as a non-invasive intervention for pain, function, and range of motion across upper-extremity conditions, with outcomes similar or superior to corticosteroids or NSAIDs in randomized trials.

Objective 11:35
Demonstrate how to analyze evidence for occupation-based practice and lifelong learning, and educate patients on the purpose of kinesiotaping, taping techniques, body mechanics, and adherence to taping protocols.
Objective 21:10
Demonstrate professionalism, ethics, and advocacy to influence change for clients and the profession. Explain occupational therapy's use of Kinesio tape, justify its use, and support patients returning to daily activities.
Objective 316:35
Objective 41:28
Demonstrate competence in physician protocols and evidence-based orthopedic interventions by explaining treatment reasoning while considering client occupations, and ensure proper tape application for post-surgical patients, evaluated by a supervisor.
Objective 51:40
Complete an advanced online kinesio taping certification, a two-day course, to apply evidence-based techniques for upper-extremity conditions, building confidence and competence across muscle, ligament, tendon, and fascia taping.

Questions For Participants2:25
Explore kinesio tape as a non-invasive pain treatment and its effect on function. Assess its effectiveness versus pharmacological interventions and highlight evidence-based care, professional responsibility, and collaborative community engagement.
References and Acknowledgements1:08
This lecture presents the references for the needs assessment, the critically appraised topic, and the research from the clinical site, and acknowledges contributors to the doctoral capstone experience.

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Description

Hello and welcome to my Udemy Course on Kinesiotape as an alternative intervention to address pain and function.

This course dives into the topic of kinesiotape as an alternative option to decreasing pain and increasing function for individuals with upper extremity conditions. It describes the need for an alternative option to managing these symptoms as over the counter medications or steroid injections are often not sustainable for a long period of time. This course describes the need for increased utilization of kinesiotape at my capstone site, as many of the therapists were not using tape with their patients mostly due to unfamiliarity with different taping techniques. This course demonstrates everything I accomplished while on my capstone experience. It addresses the need for kinesiotape to decrease pain and increase function, it explains the effectiveness of kinesiotape compared to pharmacological interventions, and it addresses the increasing amount of research to support the use of taping. The course will tour the overarching goal of my capstone, the contribution to occupational therapy, the guiding approach for my capstone, and how my capstone connects to my university's OTD program themes. The course will then explore my learning objectives I completed at my site. It explores the taping website I created along with the handouts and videos of taping techniques I created for different upper extremity conditions.

Enjoy the course and please feel free to message the instructor with any questions related to this presentation. Thank you for your interest and happy learning!

Who this course is for:

Occupational therapy students or practitioners that are interested in learning about kinesiotape

Kinesiotape As An Intervention To Address Pain and Function

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 1min

Kinesiotape as a Noninvasive Intervention To Treat Pain and Increase Function2 lectures • 8min

Capstone Overview1 lecture • 6min

Learning Objectives, Activities, and Artifacts5 lectures • 22min

Conclusion2 lectures • 4min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: