The really annoying thing about spraining an ankle or thumb or whatever isn't the pain or inconvenience, or the forced break from sport that is sometimes required (although that is annoying).
Oh no.
If your injury does not completely ground you, but requires some kind of support, it's having to do this, so that strapping tape can be used:
Which is way faster, easier and more convenient than any alternative when to comes to removing the tape.
Still annoying though. Takes ages to grow back.
While we're on the subject, here's what my right hand looked like ten days ago, after a strenuous bout of goalkeeping the day before (which also resulted in the sprained ankle mentioned above. Note that some shaving has also been applied to the wrist to allow easy strapping).
The bit in the square is definitely the wrong colour. In real life the bruising is red, brown and blue-black (the flash washes it out a bit). As Notkate will attest, after the bruising faded, I rebruised it a couple of days ago, so the base of my thumb once again is a funny colour.
Handy hints for easy removal of strapping/brace tape or sticking plasters:
1. Hair dryer. Heating with a hair dryer softens or melts the adhesive, allowing easy removal.
2. Alcohol wipes. If you have these handy apply them to the tape or plaster; the alcohol soaks through the fabric of the tape and dissolves the adhesive.
3. Shave before the tape goes on. Easiest by far.
4. If your masochistic, just rip it off. Messy and painful. Prolonged if you have a full crossover strap applied.
2 comments:
Or you could just harden up and RIP it off like girls do all the time when they wax their legs :) Wussie!
I disagree. Girl leg hair is seldom as long, abundant and coarse as boy leg hair. Not a valid comparison in my view
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