Tape is the new crack

[cjsmith]

Physical therapist taped the hell out of my feet again Wednesday morning, and that felt so darn good I kept it on until last night. At that point, the toes that should have been numb after my neuroma treatments were actually slightly numb. Whoooooaaa.

There seems to be a tradeoff between pain from the tightness of the tape and pain from walking when the tape isn't tight enough. Often I'll take scissors to the edge of the tape where it's cutting deeply into my skin, and with a small snip I can release the worst of the pressure but keep most of the stability. How I feel with the tape on gives me the first ray of hope I've had in a long time.

(That stuff takes a while to dry after a shower!)

I wonder if you can get arrested and thrown into rehab for a sports tape addiction. Taaaaape, taaaaaaaaape, must have more taaaaaaaaaaaape...

Comments

[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

You'd be joined by a bunch of PT's as well. My PT friend's co-workers always seem to be taping each other though is usually more about retraining muscles then support...
http://www.sigafoospt.com/Education/Shoulder%20Taping.htm

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Seems like it probably wouldn't hurt!

I wish I knew the name of my taping procedure so I could google it. One PT said it to the other once in my hearing, and that's it. I'll ask. It does seem pretty simple though: big band around the middle of the foot.

[ambar.livejournal.com]

On one of my visits to Ashland / Oregon Shakespeare Festival, I remember watching the warmup for the pre-show dance presentation (there's a little stage outdoors, spectators sit on the grass). I was astonished by just how much tape (feet, ankles, etc) these visibly young (late teens) women and men were sporting.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

*nod*. I hope it was to prevent injury, but somehow I suspect there was already a fair amount of minor injury there. :/

[cassidyrose.livejournal.com]

Yup. I would hazard a guess that they were taped due to injury.

When I was in competitive gymnastics when I was very young many of the teenagers had to tape parts of their bodies daily.

I also know that taping is used in dance, and other sport/activities, to ensure performance when otherwise it would be impossible. I fell down stairs a couple of years ago and injured my foot very badly the week of a big show. So, I taped the shit out of my foot so I could perform on it--without the tape I would visibly wince every time I put weight on it, let alone landed mutiple leaps on it. I performed on it, but was so injured afterwards that I couldn't dance for nearly a year.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

That was my guess also: "the show must go on".

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, tape -- like q-tips whizzed around the outside of your ear -- is still perfectly legal.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm, q-tips. :)

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Tape fetish? :-)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

You know, this journal was odd enough to read when it was all foot porn. Not it's foot bondage porn. ;)

In other news, don't believe the tape, man. You're better than that. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Foot bondage porn! If I had a digital camera I'd post a picture just for that. :-)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

Haha, it's just as well. I have no interest in foot bondage, so we can kid about it for days. But if I knew you had a digital camera, I'm sure eventually I'd say something (innocently, no doubt!) that made you wonder if I just might not be kidding. :)

But kidding (and talking too much) aside, that would be seriously funny. :)