How to Tape the Shoulders

Shoulder injuries can prove particularly debilitating since you depend on the shoulder for various physical actions. Simple tasks such as walking or picking up objects become painful. Sports activities like basketball or jogging are definitely out of the question until the pain subsides. Don't let the inability to perform daily tasks force you to ignore the pain. Restrict movement and help along the healing process by taping your injured shoulder. No medical knowledge is necessary to create an effective shoulder support from sports tape. All you need is scissors and a pair of gentle hands.

Things You'll Need

• Sports tape
• Scissors

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Instructions

• 1

  Tape your shoulder, starting from your chest area and moving back towards your shoulder blade. The tape should look like a shoulder strap. Repeat this step several times. This strap acts as an anchor for the rest of the tape job and needs to be strong. Use moderate force while taping.

• 2

  Bend your injured side's elbow at a 90 degree angle.

• 3

  Run a piece of sports tape from the top of the tape strap on your shoulder all the way down your arm, go underneath your elbow and come up the other side. End when you reach the tape strap from the other side of your arm. Cut any excess tape off with your scissors.

• 4

  Flex your bicep and wrap sports tape around your arm several times. Use moderate pressure while wrapping. The sports tape anchors the other end of the tape running down your arm.

• 5

  Cut away all the tape below the elastic adhesive wrap. You will only have taping between your shoulder area and your bicep.