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5 Essential Tips for Taking Care of Your Cast

If you’re wearing a cast, brace, splint, or boot, taking care of it is just as important as following your doctor’s instructions. The right care helps your injury heal properly while keeping you comfortable along the way. Here are five essential tips to make cast life a little easier:

1. Keep It Dry

Moisture is your cast’s worst enemy. A wet cast can weaken, lose shape, and even cause skin irritation or infection. Always cover your cast before bathing or showering, and avoid swimming unless you have a waterproof cover.

2. Don’t Put Anything Inside Your Cast

Itchy skin under a cast is normal, but resist the urge to stick objects like pencils, hangers, or anything sharp inside to scratch. Doing so can damage your skin, increase the risk of infection, or even injure you further. Instead, try our CastCooler® Itchy Cast Reliever which keeps your cast fresh and reduces itch by removing moisture from the lining under your cast using an everyday vacuum cleaner!

3. Wiggle Your Toes or Fingers

If your cast is on an arm or leg, gently wiggling your fingers or toes can help improve circulation and reduce swelling. It’s a small movement that makes a big difference in keeping your blood flowing.

4. Protect Against the Elements

Casts and splints aren’t made for the outdoors. Sand, snow, dirt, or rain can sneak inside and cause irritation—or worse, damage the cast itself. Always use a cover before heading outside to protect it from the elements. We have many covers that help protect your cast from sand, snow, and rain.

5. Keep It Clean (and Scratch-Free!)

Casts, braces, and boots tend to catch on clothes, bedding, and furniture. They can also get dirty quickly. That’s where CastCoverz! comes in! Our stylish, Made-in-the-USA protective covers keep your cast clean, prevent snagging and scratching, and make wearing a cast a little more fun.

Taking care of your cast doesn’t have to be complicated. With these simple steps, and the right cover, you can stay clean, comfortable, and confident while your body heals. If you have any questions at all, our US-based customer service team is ready to help you choose the right products for you or your loved one’s injury.

How to Care for Your Boot During Your Trip to the Beach (Updated for 2025)

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Summer days are for making beach memories with our family and friends. If you’re wearing an orthopedic walking boot, you might be wondering how you will be comfortable, make the most of your beach trip, and enjoy the sun and sand without winding up hot, itchy, and with a lot of sand in that big boot, post-op shoe, “ Jesus Sandal”, fracture cast or walking cast or …. :).

There’s no need to cancel your beach holiday just because you, your friend, or a family member wears a boot. A few practical tips and one or two FUNctional accessories are all you need to have an enjoyable, comfortable trip to the seaside.

When it comes to keeping sand and other beach debris out of your boot, the solution is simple: Purchase a leg cast cover to cover your leg and toes from CastCoverz! then slide on your boot. Our Legz! products will keep most sand out of your toes. Legz! is a woven product so a little bit of sand could still wiggle through. If you have a leg cast, please read this article.

You can also purchase one of our Bootz! or BootGuardzXtreme! products. They are designed to cover orthopedic walking boots leaving the sole exposed for your safety (custom products are available for post-op shoes and “Jesus Sandals,” too). The Bootz! Is our daily wear product designed to cover the boot and to prevent velcro straps from catching and snagging everything–including blowing sand. Bootz! is available in solids and a variety of prints. Our Bootz! are designed to stretch around the perimeter of the edge of your boot leaving the sole exposed for your safety. PLEASE NOTE: Walking on “soft” sand tends to roll your foot. You are already compromised due to your injury and your gait is uneven due to the boot. Please be careful while in a boot. In addition, the sand could “push” against the side of the boot popping up your daily wear Bootz! so be sure to use and adhere the included repositionable adhesive strips that anchor it to the sides of your boot. FYI…“Hard-packed” sand doesn’t roll the foot.

Our other product for orthopedic walking boots is our BootGuardzXtreme!. This is our sturdy, durable, back entry WEATHERproof product made for snow, rain, and some cases, sand. Made of a durable Denier©, think backpack material, your BootGuardzXtreme! is the ultimate in boot protection leaving the sole of your boot exposed for your safety.

Another option can be a simple item you can buy at the grocery store: Glad® Press‘n Seal®. To keep sand out of your toes while in a boot, wrap your leg with Press’n Seal and then put on your boot. If you have a shank to your boot (goes up your leg vs a post-op shoe / Jesus Sandal) you can cover it with a layer of Press ‘n Seal to prevent most sand from “sticking” to the velcro straps and padding. Note: depending on weather conditions and the length of time used this option is not necessarily reusable. CAUTION: FOR YOUR SAFETY never cover the sole/bottom of a boot with any product. Why? 2 reasons: #1 You could trip and re-injure yourself. #2 Material(s) is/are shredded when walked on. Think playing basketball in/on your driveway with only socks on. 🙂

WORD OF CAUTION: DO NOT SWIM WITH AN ORTHOPEDIC BOOT. There are no waterproof products to seal a boot. And CastCoverz! wouldn’t sell them if they were available. Why? 3 very good reasons:

The waterproof product would have to stretch around the diagonal circumference of your heel over the top of your boot and then “shrink” to seal around your skin above the boot. No waterproof material has that capability.
FOR YOUR SAFETY: If something happened (a small tear/rip) it would fill with water and make this a drowning risk.
FOR YOUR SAFETY: Do not cover the bottom of the sole of your boot/sandal as it could be a tripping hazard. And the material(s) is/are shredded by a boot when walked on.

If you are experiencing hip, knee or back pain since walking with a boot, combined with a tennis shoe, EvenUp© provides immediate relief! Many of our customers (and doctors) report physical therapy is often needed to correct the misalignment you may experience. So contact your doctor if the pain does not subside.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call us at 1(800) CASTCOVER (1-800-227-8268) for assistance.

Your beach holiday should be about relaxing and enjoying time with your family and friends, not about stressing over how to keep a cast or walking boot dry and sand-free. CastCoverz! offers a huge range of FUNctional, for the orthopedic patient, cast or boot. Explore these and other products to make your trip to the beach as comfortable as possible.

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

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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! 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

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)

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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)!