Applying Miracle Dressing to Joints

Miracle Dressing Application for Elbow, Knee, Heel, Ankle, Scalp, Shoulders, Spine, Hip

Miracle Dressing can be used for all pressure points over the body including the sacrum, the elbows, the buttocks, the hips, the heels, the knees, the shoulders, the spine and the back of the skull. The application in these sites all have in common is that the skin while applying the Miracle Dressing should be stretched to its maximum, so that as the patient moves that joint, it’s not going to be pulling the miracle dressing itself.

All wounds will have overlapping dressings.

Applying Miracle Dressing to Elbow for Pressure Sore Prevention

If Miracle Dressing is purely for preventative care, use one 2 by 4-inch Miracle Dressing placed right over that pressure point.

It is very important to have the skin in a stretched position as you apply the Miracle Dressing. (Elbow flexed if on the tip, or elbow extended if on medial or lateral side.)

Applying Miracle Dressing to Elbow with Existing Pressure Sore

If there was a wound on either of these positions, use a second miracle dressing overlapping the wound so that the wound itself would have a double layer of Miracle Dressing.

Applying Miracle Dressing to the Knee

If placed on the medial or lateral aspects (sides) of the knee, the knee should be in the fully extended position while placing Miracle Dressing.

If the wound or vulnerable skin is over the patella - the kneecap - then we are going to need to have the knee in a fully flexed position.

Applying Miracle Dressing to the Heel and Ankle

The heel has the same principle of placement. Before placing Miracle Dressing you want the skin to be at its most stretched position. Thus, placing the dressing over the heel or ankle should occur when they are in a flexed position.

Applying Miracle Dressing to the Scalp

On the scalp shave all the hair in that area prior to placing the Miracle Dressing. Make sure skin is stretched.

Applying Miracle Dressing to the Spine or Scapula (Shoulder Blade)

If being placed on a spinous prominence, make sure the skin is stretched by bending the patient forward. Place Miracle Dressing on the spine in a vertical direction. Scapula sometimes can have boney prominences also. Make sure the skin is stretched by having the patient shrug and roll the shoulders forward.

Applying Miracle Dressing to the Shoulders

Application of Miracle Dressing on the shoulders must be in the complete stretched position.

Applying Miracle Dressing to the Lateral Hip (Trochanter) and Buttocks

Pressure injuries are commonly found on the lateral hip or trochanter and the buttocks. In either of these situations, it is often beneficial to place Miracle Dressing in a vertical direction. Remember when you have a wound you want to overlap the dressing for maximum benefit.