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Cooking While Injured

Cooking While Injured

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You’re injured, possibly recovering from surgery, and your only job now is to rest and recover.  Your days are filled with elevating your leg, propping up your arm on pillows, staying on top of your pain medications, having friends and family wait on you, etc.  Then life calls you back to reality.  One of the most pressing get-back-to-life activities is to cook for you and/or your family.  But there are challenges to cooking and baking while recovering from an orthopedic event.  I’ve assembled 15 helpful tips about cooking while wearing a boot, cast, sling or being on crutches. Sift through all the tips to help you with your condition. Hint: my most important tip is the last one and applies to everyone.  Read on kitchen warrior… Continue reading →

Fun and Functional Gift Ideas for Mother’s Day

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Mother’s Day is coming and mom is recovering from an orthopedic event…wondering what to buy her? You can help mom feel better, so she heals better with CastCoverz!  The oh-so-common Mother’s Day gifts are chocolates and flowers.  Think outside the (chocolate) box this year and give mom a fun AND functional gift she’ll appreciate during this inconvenient and uncomfortable time in her life.

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CastCoverz! provides much needed comfort and function, in addition to adding some style.  Whether mom is wearing an arm or leg cast, gimping around on crutches, using a cane, wearing a walking boot, or has her arm in a sling, CastCoverz! has just the perfect Mother’s Day gift!

Kristine Joan Seeing Spots Pink and PurpleProducts range from cast covers (to keep her cast covered, clean, &ccz010215_006 snag-free), designer color crutches and canes (in fun colors with quality construction), padded crutch covers (there’s even a handy crutch bag), to walking boot covers (covering those toes and that ugly boot), the Evenup Shoe Balancer (evens gait while wearing a boot), and fashionable arm slings (designed with function in mind by adding a thumb loop for wrist support & comfy faux-fur strap).

With many designer colors and fabrics available, you can choose one or two that are just perfect for her.  Whether it’s bold and beautiful or simple and neutral, CastCoverz! has mom covered this Mother’s Day with fashionable and functional orthopedic accessories.

Happy Mother’s Day!

*CastCoverz! offers same day shipping (when placed before 2:30 pm PST) with delivery in 2-3 business days with U.S Priority Mail (Fedex overnight shipping is also available).

Care Instructions for Your Walking Boot and Arm or Leg Cast Covers

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You’ve been wearing your Bootz! walking boot cover, Armz!, or Legz! cast covers and it’s time to freshen them up. Caring for your CastCoverz! products is simple to do! Our boot, brace, splint, and cast covers are made of Lycra®/spandex (think bathing suit material) or fleece.

Here are your best care instructions, whether you prefer to wash by hand or use your washing machine:

  • Hand wash in cold
  • Drip dry
  • In your machine, use the delicate cycle on cold
  • Tumble dry with low heat

Interesting tidbit: You may notice snagging on the inside of your cover, this is from your rough casting material. Just imagine what your clothes and furniture may look like without your cast cover!

Care instructions vary slightly for CrutchWear® crutch covers or crutch pads and Slingz! arm slings:

  • CrutchWear: Spot clean by hand with cold water, drip dry
  • Slingz!: Hand wash with cold water (please remove faux-fur tube first), drip dry

No matter what your orthopedic event is, we’ve got you covered with CastCoverz! functional AND fashionable 20 branded product lines. Feel Better, Heal Better!

 

Elbow Pain and Arm Slings

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An arm condition that seems to be quite common is elbow pain.  This can be the result of a number of different problems.  About.com has provided some great resources in the article about Elbow Pain, to help you determine the cause of your pain, so you can understand what steps need to be taken in treatment.

If you’re dealing with an orthopedic injury in your arm or managing elbow pain and have to wear an arm sling, why not go bold or beautiful, tasteful or whimsical? CastCoverz! Slingz! are known for their double-faced construction for superior strength and have a thumb loop, which prevents wrist drop.  The thumb loop also eliminates the constant tugging to keep the sling from riding up your arm.  Slingz! come with an oh-so-super-soft adjustable black “faux fur” tube on the strap for ultimate neck comfort and are available in over 70 different fabric designs, popular with ALL ages!

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To really show your personality, we’ve added new, vibrant trim colors (for an additional charge) and for function, try adding a handy cell phone pocket, too!