While looking for a less bulky and more consistent support during pregnancy we decided to give taping support a try. I have been familiar with taping different injuries for tissue offload, support or proprioceptive changes, but I haven't had a lot of chances to work on taping during pregnancy. In the images you can see a tan tape wrapped around the low abdomen pulling up and back to assist in the pulling forward mechanism that a growing baby imposes on the low backs of many pregnant women. What you may not be able to tell is this, but this particular tape application also is having more tension on the right and we were able to place the tape in a particular stretch position in order to help offload and decrease that tension on the right side and distribute towards the left.

Some pregnant women may be familiar with the braces, bands or scarf techniques to help offload, but if you've used many of them you’ll notice they tend to be bulky & uncomfortable. Sometime you may even need to redo or adjust throughout the day. Having a tape placed directly to the skin that tends to last a number of days may be a better option. You can even shower with the tape on!