Patients in need of additional ankle support, including athletes returning to sport following an ankle sprain, may benefit from taping, as described here:
(A) Apply proximal and distal anchors.
(B) Apply a stirrup strip.
(C) Apply a horseshoe strip.
(D) Continue to alternate stirrups and horseshoes, leaving an opening on the anterior aspect, and close the plantar foot with strips of tape.
Reproduced with permission from: Anderson MK, Parr GP. Foundations of Athletic Training: Prevention, Assessment, and Management, 5th ed, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2013. Copyright © 2013 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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