Taping Tiny Humans - Skin Approach to Taping from NICU to the Infant at Home

Course overview

This asynchronous online course designed for healthcare professionals -- including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, midwives, chiropractors, osteopaths, medical doctors, and nurses -- who work with premature and term-born infants. The course introduces the Skin Approach to Taping method, focusing on the safe application of elastic therapeutic tape to address various neonatal and pediatric conditions such as feeding and swallowing issues, breathing difficulties, excessive drooling, cleft lip, torticollis, clubfeet, diastasis recti abdominis, and reflux. Participants will learn about the unique properties of infant skin, best practices for skin care, safe tape removal, and the research supporting these applications. Basic tape applications are demonstrated, making this course suitable for those new to kinesiology taping. Clinicians completing the course will gain practical skills to enhance their clinical practice and improve patient outcomes.