Tag Archives: orthopedic injuries

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Gifts for Someone Wearing a Cast Over The Holidays

Having a family member or friend in a cast, boot, or brace during the holidays is never fun. Their injury is painful, inconvenient, and ugly! Here are a few gift ideas to brighten up their holiday season, and bring some relief to their injury. 

Heated Eye mask

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Getting a good night’s rest is very important for an injury! This eye mask will calm and upgrade their quality of sleep. 

Warming Backrest Massager

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Nothing more uncomfortable than sitting in bed all day! This warming backrest will massage their back and help their posture during bedrest.

Netflix gift card

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One thing we all know during bed rest is Netflix! Help them binge their favorite shows and movies with this gift card.

Bubble bath 

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Although you generally can’t get your casted injury wet, help them relax with a soothing bubble bath for the rest of their aching extremities!

Book club membership 

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No better time to start a book than when you’re stuck on bed rest! This book club membership will send them books based on suggestions they prefer. 

Barefoot Dreams blanket 

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Keep your friends and family cozy this winter in this blanket celebrities swear by.

Calm Membership

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Sleeping with an injury can be a struggle. Gift this for meditation or a better quality of sleep. 

UberEats gift card 

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Having to cook while injured can be a hassle. Sending an UberEats gift card to use when overwhelmed and hungry is a thoughtful gift.

As always, CastCoverz! is here to accomodate you or those you love during this stressful time and injury. We hope these gift ideas can inspire some gifts for someone you love who is injured during the holidays. Have a safe and memory filled holiday season!

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Doing Household Chores with an Injury

One of the biggest adjustments with an injury is learning to accept your limitations. Typically, we recommend your only job while recovering is to rest and heal, which means letting others do chores and/or hiring people. But, we recognize that isn’t always realistic.

More importantly, part of healing and recovering is getting back to some normalcy. What better way than to get back to doing some chores! Completing everyday tasks with an injury takes a little creativity, a lot of asking for help, and some thought of how to do it, first, without injuring yourself further.

Read through all the tips and find the ones that apply to your condition. Because cooking is a task unto itself, please read our separate “Cooking While Injured” post.  Read on cleaning diva…Hint: our most important tip is the last one and applies to everyone. Continue reading

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You Have More Time Than You Think (To Get Surgery on Your Injury)

In this Facebook Live: All Things Orthopedic , Annette de Lancey (Founder and Owner of CastCoverz!) speaks with Dr. Scott Hoffinger, Medical Director of OrthoPediatrics, and Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, about the overwhelming and stressful waiting period before and after surgery, and shares tips for understanding this process and how to best advocate for your health.  

If you’re worried about not getting into the OR (operating room) early enough to fix your injury, you have more time than you think! 

Standard fractures do not always require emergency surgery. 

Dr. Hoffinger said in the interview: “If it’s broken today, it’s broken tomorrow.”

You have more time than you realize; take your time making these big decisions.

You could see another doctor in a day or two, and if surgery is required it is likely not going to be done on the same day that you come in for the fracture. There’s not much you can do during this time before your surgery is scheduled; pain management, cold or warm compresses as directed, lots of sleep, and binge-watching your favorite program are your best options to make the time go by as quickly as it can before you can get into surgery. 

If scheduling seems urgent; ask why. If not, no need to worry; your doctor knows what he/she is doing and will squeeze you to make sure they can operate on your injury in a timely manner. 

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The Importance of Trusting Your Orthopedic Doctor or Medical Team

In this Facebook Live: All Things Orthopedic , Annette de Lancey (Founder and Owner of CastCoverz!) discusses the importance of trusting your orthopedic doctor or medical team (nurse practitioners, physician’s associates, etc.) with guest Dr. Scott Hoffinger, Medical Director of OrthoPediatrics, and Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon. 

Research has proven the importance of a physician-patient relationship rooted in faith and trust. If you, as the orthopedic patient, don’t feel a sense of confidence or comfort in your doctor, it may be best to seek other options.

Sometimes, like in the case of an emergency accident, you don’t have the choice to pick your doctor. On the occasion you’re getting elective surgery, selelct a doctor that you feel comfortable with and trust will meet your needs. 

Your doctors want you to TRUST them! In doing so, your healing and recovery will only benefit; being able to trust that your doctor or surgeon has your BEST interest through this journey together will create a true sense of relief as your body heals.

Having faith in your doctors and medical team has been proven to enhance healing and recovery. Both you and your doctor need to have faith in each other, and you need to know that your medical team cares! If something is telling you to find a different doctor, do so. 

You should never feel like you are a burden on your doctor or medical staff, but that they are there to help you.