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Cooking While Injured

Cooking While Injured

 

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

Basic Information About Casts (The Top 7 FAQ’s and 1 Smelly Fact)

 

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Before my daughter, Elli, broke her first bone, I really didn’t know anything about casts, let alone how to care for one. But after 12 broken bones, and serving hundreds of thousands of customers, I am a verified expert and I want to pass on what I learned to you. Following are cast newbies most frequent questions and my answers. In short, here’s some basic information about casts:  Continue reading

School Bus Safety Tips

School has been back in session for a while and your family is settling into their daily routines. Sometimes complacency comes with having a routine because we start doing things as if on automatic pilot. One area where we can’t get complacent is in the safety of our children. That extends to the school bus as well. In honor of this week’s National School Bus Safety Week (running October 19th – 23rd), here are a few of my personal school bus safety tips to practice throughout the year. Continue reading

Back-To-School Prep: Preventing Playground Injuries

Back-To-School Prep: Preventing Playground Injuries

 

As concerned parents, we have a lot to worry about when it comes to our kids. Their well-being and safety is always a top priority for us. That extends to the playground. Back-to-school is here for many of our children; therefore, I wanted to share some of my back-to-school prep tips for preventing playground injuries. Continue reading