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 *Heel Bruise - How to Tape*

How to tape a heel bruise.

 *Hamstrings- Keep Bent When Healing*

Sleeping with the injured leg bent allows a pulled hamstring to recover faster.
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 *Heel Spurs - Use Lipstick*

Use lipstick to mark the area of a shoe insole that should be removed to relieve the pressure on sore areas of the foot including heel spurs, neuromas and calluses.
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 *Swim Rehab - Don't Do Flip Turns*

Flip turns are high impact and can negate the effectiveness of swimming for the rehabilitation of lower leg injuries.

 *Finger Cuts- Treat While Sleeping*

A treatment for fingertip cuts that your athletes can use while sleeping.

 *Fingers & Toes - Better Way to Ice*

Make ice packs for fingers and toes by wetting and freezing small squares of washcloth.

 *Finger Laceration Protection*

Protect finger lacerations with a finger cut from a surgical glove.

 *Fanny Pack First Aid Kit*

A fanny-pack stocked with basic first aid supplies can be worn all day for instant access.
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 *Emergency Rooms- Bring Own Ice*

Bring extra ice-bags to emergency rooms to ensure uninterrupted treatment for your students.

 *Concussion Tool Kit*

A free tool kit from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control, that provides many resources for the prevention, identification and management of concussions.
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 *Colds - Recovery Times*

It can take 2 to 3 weeks after feeling recovered from an upper respiratory infection to be 100% functionally recovered.

 *Charley-Horse: Wrap & Bent Leg*

Wrapping an elastic bandage around both the shin and thigh allows athletes with charley-horse injuries to ice more effectively.

 *Charley-Horse: Exercise Bike Rehab*

Manipulating the seat-height of a stationary bicycle will allow athletes to progressively rehabilitate a charley horse injury.
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 *Blisters: Use Antiperspirant*

Antiperspirants lessen the friction between skin and socks, reducing the development of blisters.

 *Blisters - Cover With Plastic Wrap*

Cover blisters in plastic food wrap before taping to prevent tears in the blisters when removing the tape.