Life hacks for a new cast
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- čas přidán 30. 01. 2018
- Orthopedic surgery PA (physician assistant) shares TIPS and TRICKS for managing a cast or splint on the arm.
Advice includes bathing, dressing, eating, cast care, and physical activity. Everything you need to know to improve your experience! - Věda a technologie
Broke my arm in October. Spent 2 months in a cast and 4 weeks in a brace. And a few days later I completely snapped it again... r.i.p
Damn
Lol
WOW
Awful! 😢
So how is it now
24 hours LOL try WEEKS
Bruh months
Yass months i broke my wrist and i had two operations and i will get it off tomorrow 5:00 pm and i have been in it for two months in it and I also have wires inside my hand
Right??? Taking this advice with a whole block of salt
Kateryna Kirpichenko yikes hopefully I don’t need that
Bruh, she even had like 95% range of movement in her thumb too. Between that and only doing it for 24 hours to somehow possibly relate knowing most casts are on for minimum a month.... Couldn't even go your whole weekend?! I just can't take her seriously. I figured most of this out between being told by my othro-doc and the "cast guy" getting to my room and actually putting on the cast, from just sitting there and thinking about what I needed to do if this or that happens with zero experience of actually being in a cast ever. Most of her "tips" were ridiculous and not needed. I bet she only wore it for 4 or 5 hours at max lmao.
The part about keeping your hand raised above your heart to prevent swelling in the fingers is really helpful.
Or at a 140 degree angle
THANK YOU!! Your compassion and advice are very much appreciated. I can do this 👍
Thanks Lara! Great ideas for showering, dishes and the sock for work! Perfect for my broken hand. One!
Never heard of the field gloves. Stopped this video as soon as you talked about the gloves and found them on Amazon. Ordered! Thank you. Completely snapped my left ulna while rock-hopping over a creek 3 weeks ago.
An ice bag will suffice as well... Secured with elastic hair ties.
Thanks, Lara! Getting ready for thumb surgery, requiring a cast for 6 weeks. Your tips are just what I was looking for.
@@silverhairedqueen Thanks! Just bought a pump bottle for my liquid soap, also have an electric can opener on the way, have been practicing for a few days now, trying to do without the right hand....Lotsa fun!
Thank you this is so helpful!
Tore my triceps. Surgery Tuesday. These items will be helpful. Thanks
I broke my wrist landing primo while mid kick flip. It didn’t even hurt either, I thought I just sprained it lol.
Primo must love you
Same! I was doing a stair set and failed and broke my wrist but it didn't hurt as much as everyone said it would so I thought I'd just wait until I was smart and went to the hospital and found out it was broken
yeah I broke my wrist skating and all I felt was pressure being pushed upwards in the wrist when my weight fell on it. Ended up going to the ER and finding out I broke two bones and would need a pin put in it. First time I've ever broke something and it was nothing like the pain I always imagined it might be like.
@@Xi1nnn yeah, when I broke my wrist it didn’t really hurt. I only went to the ER because it started swelling up really bad.
@@Xi1nnn same, I broke my wrist 3 years ago and didn't even know until now 😂 just got a cast
This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much.
Thanks for all the ideas!
Thank you, this was helpful.
My brother broke my arm Saturday,this is my first cast.thanks for the tips!
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Just clicked on this just because. I just started my second year of PA school and we just did splints today. I have never had a cast but we read about casting in our book, so I got to your page from seeing a cast using casting tape and I thought it was interesting that it looks like an ace bandage except you just get it wet, but you do everything basically the same way.
Thanks very helpful
I Fractured my wrist and have a long arm cast for 12 to 16 weeks : ( my biggest problem is anxiety it freaks me out so much having it.
I feel like I'm tied up or trapped, since I'm claustrophobic.
Juan Nunez 8 more days for me 🤙
@@georgemartin813 👍
Same. Especially when my second cast was made too tight. Long two weeks till it was replaced
Juan Nunez same, I broke my wrist and I’m super clostrophobic
Thank you for the OB glove idea! If our feed store doesn't have them the Vet will!
This video is helpful. How do you ice it? Is it on top of the cast? Thank you for sharing this awesome video. Just had my surgery done today.
I broke my arm two weeks ago and have 10-15 weeks left in a long arm cast. I don't know when I get to take my sling off.
I broke my arm Easter Monday 2019 now it's 4 days later while watching this yesterday I got a pink cast I'm not allowed to get my cast wet 💦
I love all of these tips. But what could we do if we are in pain. I broke my arm a few days ago and it is super painful to move. Is there anyway to prevent pain
What about ankle fracture casts (mine goes from toes all the way to 4 inches below my knee mainly concerned with the bloody itching
The dressing part works perfectly for me because I wear t shirts and shorts every single day
Thank you !
Is there anyway to incorporate some kind of pencil holder in a new cast? i.e. Velcro. Thank you
I just got my first cast on today. So glad I found this.
Heck I'm back in a cast after breaking my distial radius and Scaphoid a month later.
Had surgery so this is great
I have never broken a bone and I haven’t yet I have no clue why I’m watching this
🤦🏽♂️
ok why is this me rn
Maybe life is preparing you 🙃
I need help the inside of my cast is really tight what should I do
Broke my wrist last week and waiting for cast
broke my wrist a week ago on a football practice and now im in a 5 day 9 to 4 football camp
Hi does anyone know where I can apply that will accept me with a cast 🥺
I need to know how to dry my hair with one arm! Please.
I just had my cast swapped for a plastic splint. It's a partial hand splint for my 4th and 5th proximal bones, so the splint covers my pinky, ring finger and middle finger for stability.
It's an improvement from the cast as I can finally move my wrist and index finger. The problem is the mugginess and sweatiness from the plastic. I can remove this splint periodically and I noticed White blisters on my fingers where they're in contact with plastic. I've only had this splint for a day but it's getting unbearably uncomfortable. I can feel the plastic stuck to my fingers. How do I make this more comfortable?
From personal experience id say put an absorbent cloth ir papertowel in there as a barrier
@@alijd6287 that's what I ended up doing. I also used talcum powder to absorb any moisture. It worked to an extent and minimised the blisters but man was I glad to have my hand out of that thing eventually
I just use a wide piece of elastic to secure a trash bag on my arm. Hang in the shower to dry.
just broke my arm today so now im here
Ok so i broke my arm 9 weeks ago it sat for 7 weeks healed in the wrongplace i had to get a rod and im getting it taken out in 2 weeks
what about tips for handling itching? im using a Synthetic cast with water proof lining. its a long cast on my left arm. the itching sensation is driving me nuts.
Riwan Ramli dame but I have fractured my wrist (right hand) and it’s my dominant hand :(
Is it the same for leg/ankle casts also
Many thanks. I've broken my scaphoid bone and went for a black cast
I wet my cast....there is any way to let it dry
What do you do about the 72 hours of itching that make you want to tear your eyes out.
Ouh darn... The most important one. A hack for when you literally need to make an entire day trip to the fracture clinic since they're not local, and as soon as you come home, your toddler slips it right off just as easy as a sweater sleeve. It nearly falls off its so loose. So, any tips to remould the cast to get a tighter fit without needing to waste another entire day driving?
can you personally relate to the swelling and pain?
PA Luara Where did you find the ace wraps at
You guys are lucky the bone in my elbow popped off I have to get surgery tomorrow to put pins in oof
I broke my under arm and shoulder, well done me
If you don’t experience the pain then you don’t understand 🤔
Yeah two days ago I fractured my growth plate in my wrist and I was ay least crying for 10 minutes straight
I know it hurts soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much
@@stefaniasaponaro4550 sooo truuu
India Hoover :p I broke my growth plate and it didn’t even hurt lol. I thought I might’ve just twisted it because I was not in any pain.
i got 2 fractures ice skating on september 24 and i have 3 more weeks first 4 weeks i had a splint today they put a cast for extra protection i technically need 2 weeks but they added 1 more to be sure
for wrap possibly the 2 inch the phlebotomist use for venipuncture's on blood thinner patients
I broke my wrist three years ago before flight Home and I had to fly with a broken wrist with no cast or support and now three years later I’ve broken the exact same place again I’m going to the ER tomorrow lol wish me luck
I broke my radius in my forearm this morning and I have on the first cast I think 🤔 that I will get another cast soon bc it’s hot asl in here
What if you’re sweating while going for walk or exercise????
Don't exercise
Mad Lad McLean you need to exercise
Bella Cook. Yep but, not that much.
Sweat is temporary, gains are forever
I literally just got casted yesterday 😭
Really helpful, esp. the cast-sleeve recommendations. I'm a week-plus post-op fromCMC surgery, and wish I'd known about the veterinary sleeves. You may be a little optimistic about opening ring-pull cans; you need 2 STRONG hands to get them open. also I got a jar opener that came with a little neoprene disc about the size of a can or jar bottom: the neoprene sticks to the counter, you put the jar on it, and the neoprene grips it too, so voila, one-handed jar unscrewing. (Oxo made mine, I'm sure there are others.) Also, I swore I'd never be caught dead in elastic-waist pants, but...guess what: only option. thanks again!
In wrapping cast padding or dressing, always wrap distal to proximal
I get this was made 6 years ago, but having an arm/wrist cast for months can be difficult, i struggle with moving it around , and my fingers moving. And also the bags aren't that safe cause they can break during the wear. A better option it professional aqua cast bags that seal at the top of you're arm
An old sock? Not sure I could take the pressure of it and putting it on. It's very painful, at the moment. If you can take it..go for it.
Hehe it so cool
Fractured my arm yesterday
It's a lot easier without the accompanying agonising pain, also I couldn't open ring pull cans as two hands are required, and I haven't the strength in the uninjured hand to pull back. Very tired as well as the body puts the energy inyo healing the bone.
I broke my fuckin ankle
hmmm my leg has been in a cast for four weeks now
I have fractured my hand 🖐 got my cast on for 4 weeks but got something else for bathing
Kong Squad 8 more days for me 🤙
I broke two bones and my lift hand today
Helpful
I just broke my arm
I feel you
Same
Sameq
Damn I’m in a cast right now for six weeks 5 more to go and it’s terrible broke two bones in my wrist
Same six weeks its so itchy
That cast doesn't look like any I've seen or had. Full use of the fingers like this seems super uncommon. Even when my cast was for protecting the partially external pins to fix my pinky, I only had use of my thumb and to the second knuckle of my index finger.
Not sure if I'll get a cast or another splint tomorrow for post surgical follow up, but it's my index finger that broke, along with my arm that required a plate and screws, so not sure how well it's been healing. 🤞 I'll get back use of my thumb and other fingers to hold things like a wash cloth.
It’s the same cast I have, I’ve got a scaphoid fracture and a radius fracture. So all of my breaks are in the wrist/lower hand, so ready to get this cast off!
I broke my leg
But my fingers are bent and the cast goes over my fingere
Exactly. Her cast is a joke. Try it covering 3/4 of your fingers and past your elbow. I WISH I had a cast like hers.
I still have a cast I have it because when I got a cast the person said I will never ever take my cast of 😭 yay 😂
How long is the wait for a fracture wrist
ikustakA 9666 4-6 weeks for a distill radius fracture
Daniel I fractured my wrist and i get it off on Halloween
I think I heard a o tot say no baby powder😮
Ty I j use brkke my arm
Umm... wouldn't you cast the whole hand because because the bending joint shouldn't move. Wtf...
I have had 330 fractures and would have 332 just to get you to put a cast on me like holy shit.
I broke my radius 6 days ago :(
I broke my radius a month ago and had surgery with 5 different casts bud
I broke my radius yesterday
I was sledding with a boogie board and smashed into a tree, rip my elbow
Wait then what do we do if it itches
It’z Kahli we face the torture
So there’s a problem. my cast goes over my thumb…
I’m getting my cast off todayyyy
I have one week left!!
i can tell you are from minnesota
How do i sleep comfortably please someone help me
Ooh Horror movie I have a cast right now and I’m getting it off in s couple days. Sleeping for me was pretty hard but the best position for me was to put my arm up against a wall and let it rest there. If you don’t have a wall to support it, I would use pillows and put it by the sides of the cast. Wish you good luck
benny ru ru ripson thank you so much 🙏
@@bennyrururipson8096 For any new people here, PILLOWS! Lots of pillows. Prop that baby up.
what's the difference between the short one like in this vid and s cast that covers half of the upper arm
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Cardboard studios depends on where the break is, how bad it is, and the wrist or upper arm 😊
TONS. She can move her fingers and elbow. It sucks to have an upper arm cast. I was shocked at how I couldn't move my arm much the day my cast came off. Took awhile and therapy to get it back to almost normal.
Most of us call it Vet Wrap.
Fractured my elbow today *October 20 2019*
Just fractured my wrist
I fractured my wrist yesterday everybody told me I was fine but obviously not!!
Did it hurt after you got the cast mine still is horribly painful
Watch out for your opposite shoulder. That will really suffer after several weeks... If you don't have any help.
i broke two fingers two days ago.
Anyone has any advice to loosen a cast????
Lose weight
Go get it recasted.
You’ll never understand in that short time . Give it 3/5 weeks . Then you’ll get a true idea !
cool
My friend have a cast.
How do u break my arm with no pain i dont want to play sport
Trust me u dont
I broke my leg by a sprain
Broke my arm diving to save a high shot in football rip(first time breaking a bone wish me luck
ok well thats cooler than nice, I broke my pinky just by a missed football catch
Wow
My last day
For bathing just put a trash bag over you’re arm secured with rubber bands
Or an ice bag with stretchy hair ties.
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