How to Tape a Sprained Ankle || REI

Sprained ankles are among the most common injuries on the trail, and if it happens to you or someone you’re with, you can tape the ankle to add support until you get back to civilization. All you need is a roll of athletic tape and the right know-how. We partnered with NOLS Wilderness Medicine to teach you how to tape an ankle by placing a landmark strip of tape above the injury, then adding stirrups, teardrops and figure 8s.

[edbooth]

Nice extras in this presentation using different color tape and measuring before tearing with the non adhesive side.

[Mtnsunshine]

Excellent video. Using different colors of tape helped see the directions better. Thank you for making these videos!

[littlejonoutdoors]

What a really simple yet immensely useful video. Thanks!

[cmcer]

Enjoyed this video and learned something new as well. I am an RN and often you are not taught basic first aid techniques. Luckily I was also an EMT but this was still useful information.

[vd]

This was illustrated so nicely. Awesome useful content. Thank you.

[backwoodstrails]

Pretty cool. I have only seen this done with an ACE type bandage, the tape method is different.

[BrookMedeiros]

Are all of these steps something you do one after the other so they're all combined? Or is it something where you can just use the stirrup style or the figure 8 style etc? If you just use the landmark in one other step, how do you know which one to use?

[J..M.]

If you have gorilla tape or duct tape would this still work?

[michaelfrymus]

At the rate she is going, the patient was already pronounced dead.