Category Archives: CastCoverz

Keep Your Walking Boot, Toes, and Cast Warm and Dry This Winter

Keep Your Walking Boot, Toes, and Cast Warm and Dry This Winter (Updated for 2025)

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Now that the weather is cooling, don’t get caught with your walking boot “knee-deep” in the slush or snow. CastCoverz! BootGuardzXtreme! are weatherproof, water-repellant covers for your orthopedic walking boot, protecting your boot, boot liner, and toes from the rain, snow, and slush. Two years in the making, one year in the testing, BootGuardzXtreme! protects your orthopedic walking boot, boot liner, and toes from EXTREME wind, rain and snow with our made-in-the-USA weather-resistant material. Drawstring closure and tread (sole) of the boot are left exposed for proper footing and safety.

FUN FACT:  Just in case you’re heading on a beach vacation this holiday season, our BootGuardz! prevents sand from getting in and on your boot!

If you’re wearing a leg cast, slip on one of our Slickerz! before you go out in the storm. Think of it as a pull-on rain boot! Our full-foot, closed-toe design, and weatherproof fabric will keep your leg cast and toes clean and dry. Not for immersion in water. A drawstring cord gives an added measure of security from rain and snow going down your leg or cast.  

Slickerz! shown in Tie Dye and Camo Green

All CastCoverz! products are proudly Made-in-the-USA!

The Weather Outside is Frightful, but Our Cast Covers are Delightful

The Weather Outside is Frightful, but Our Cast Covers are Delightful (Updated for 2025)

The weather outside is unbearably cold and you’re wondering, “How do I keep my fingers or toes warm while wearing a cast or boot?”  From our innovative Sleeperz! arm and leg cast covers and Mittz! Cozy cold weather protectors for hands to Sleeping Bagz! for your orthopedic walking boot, these CastCoverz! original inventions (inspired by our customers) have you covered with a multitude of super-soft, oh-so-cozy warm fleece covers.

Sleeperz! for Arms

Sleeperz! for Arms

Sleeperz! fleece cast covers not only keep you warm and cozy, they protect you and those around you from the scratching and snagging that so often occurs while wearing a cast.  Sleeperz! cast protectors are available for arm and leg casts, in addition to Tubez! knee and wrist braces.  With Sleeperz!, you’ll get a good night’s sleep, which has been proven to aid healing!

Mittz! Cozy cold weather cast protector keeps your hand and fingers warm with it’s mitt-like coziness.  The stretchy cuff, or optional side Velcro® closure is designed to make your life easier while wearing a hard cast or stiff brace, yet keeps the wind and cold out and warmth in.

Did your doctor tell you to wear your orthotic walking boot 24/7, even to bed?  Yuck!  Sleeping Bagz! were created to keep the cooties on the bottom of your walking boot, where they belong.  Nobody wants to drag their boot to bed with them, especially with all those germs!  Keep your toes warm and boot cooties off your sheets with Sleeping Bagz!  Added bonus:  Sleeping Bagz! also prevents snagging your sheets or scratching your sleeping buddy, even if it is Lassie!

Sleeping Bagz! in Bright Blooms

Sleeping Bagz! in Bright Blooms

Whether you’re wearing a cast, splint, brace, or walking boot, you can stay nice and cozy with CastCoverz! fleece cast protectors.  For more tips on keeping your orthopedic walking boot warm and dry, check out our blog post:  Keep Your Orthopedic Boot or Cast and Toes Warm and Dry This Winter

Take good and careful care!

Give Your Injury Some CastCoverz! Love This Valentine’s Day (Updated for 2025)

At CastCoverz!®, we live to love! We love our customers and love offering fun and functional cast covers for injured arms and legs. Speaking of “love”, Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching and we know just how much our customers love themed cast covers, so we decided to highlight CastCoverz! products dedicated to love (our heart designs and/or pink and red solids & prints). There are so many to choose from, we are only showcasing our customers favorites and a few of ours, below. Select the perfect love-themed cover for yourself – or your loved one! Hurry while your size and first design choice are still available (they do sell-out)!

Valentine’s Day SLINGZ! (Designer Arm Slings):

Hearts to You

 Rarin’ to Go Red

 

 Wild at Heart

 

More Valentine’s Day Slingz options:

Berry Pink

Seeing Spots Pink

Minnie Dots

Deep Red with Gold Scrolls

Valentine’s Day Legz! (leg cast covers) Armz! (arm cast covers) and Bootz! (boot covers):

Armz! in Happy Hearts

CastCoverz! Fashion Arm Cast Cover in Happy Hearts

 

Legz! in Happy Hearts

CastCoverz! Fashion Cast Cover for Leg in Happy Hearts

Legz! in Sherbert Love

CastCoverz! Leg Cast Covers

 

More Valentine’s Day Legz! options:

Legz! in Red

Legz! in Neon Pink

Legz! in Rubylicious

 

More Valentine’s Day Armz! options:

Armz! in Red

Armz! in Neon Pink

Armz! in Rubylicious

 

Valentine’s Day SLEEPERZ! (Warm, Cozy, and Soft Cast Covers):

Sleeperz! Arm in Blushing Love

CastCoverz! Sleeperz! Soft Arm Cast Covers in Blushing Love

 

Sleeperz! Leg in Blushing Love

CastCoverz! Sleeperz Soft Leg Cast Cover in Blushing Love

More Valentine’s Day Sleeperz!

Armz! in Red

Armz! in Ribbons of Love

Legz! in Red

Legz! in Ribbons of Love

 

Valentine’s Day Crutchwear (Available in Crutch Cover Set: 2 hand grips and 2 crutch tops and optional [but, oh, so necessary] Crutch Bag):

Hearts to You

CastCoverz! Cruchwear Crutch Accessories Hearts to You

Wild at Heart

CastCoverz! Crutchwear Accessories for Crutches Wild at Heart

 

More Valentine’s Day Crutchwear Options:

Berry Pink

Rarin’ To Go Red

 

Give your injury some CastCoverz! love this February! Our products help your orthopedic device stay clean and dry, prevent snagging and scratching, give you comfort and fashion, and are Made in the USA! What’s not to love?!

Feel Better, Heal Better with Love and CastCoverz!

How to Shovel Snow When Wearing A Boot, Cast, Brace, or While On Crutches

How to Shovel Snow When Wearing A Boot, Cast, Brace, or While On Crutches

Tip #1 DON’T DO IT!
Yep! Shoveling snow while you are not able to properly bear weight is just not a smart thing to do. Seriously! There’s no way to stand and properly balance yourself, or to turn and pivot correctly without ending flat on your face with the great risk of more injury.

Tip #2 Help the Local Economy and Hire Neighborhood Kids
Pay the kids in the neighborhood their going rate to shovel your yard and sidewalk. You’re keeping them out of trouble, they make a little change, and you get to stay snug in your warm home sipping hot apple cider. As an added bonus – you don’t end up having another injury.

Tip #3 Ask for Help
OK, so you may not want the neighborhood kids doing the job (maybe they’re charging a premium for their services!), but you need help. ASK FOR IT. Simple as that! Family, friends, members of your church or community groups. Use them. They can only help if you ask.

Just say no and back away from the shovel (or snow-blower)! As your non-medical broken bone expert and healing advocate, you must trust me on this!  I’ve dealt with a lot of broken bones (my daughter has had 12!) and heard horror stories from our customers who have made the mistake of thinking they could shovel snow while on crutches (try picturing it and the disastrous results). If you are using any kind of orthopedic device (boot, cast, brace, crutches, knee-walker) you are compromised, which means you must take extra care, and sometimes you just can’t do it all.  Shoveling snow is one of those situations.  Your boots, crutches, casts, knee-walkers are not built for traction in the snow.

So, when it comes to shoveling snow while injured, the answer to the question “How do I shovel snow when injured?” is, “Don’t!”

~Annette
Feel Better, Heal Better!