Best Way To Shower With A Leg Cast

It also decreases the risk of slipping and falling while showering.

Best way to shower with a leg cast. Took me out of the cast and put me in a boot after the stitches were removed at 2 weeks I was allowed to shower and get the incision wet so did not have to use the cast cover for too long. Pistol squats with good leg onto a shower stool. Turn the shower back on for rinsing.

Turn the shower off and soap and lather appropriately. Now find yourself a large plastic bag kitchen trash bags or garbage bags work fine and tie it around your leg. When you are done you schooch.

The thing I do to take a shower is like this but on first step wrap around the broken armleg a big piece of cotton or wool fabric which absorb my own sweat and after layer with plastic bags. The more advanced garbage bag users will wind a rubber band at the end of the bag to try to seal up the hole or tie up the bag in some other way. There are these sold on Amazon for less than 15.

I liked it but it seemed it was primarily used for people who wanted to go to the beach or swimming with a cast. Barnes-Jewish Hospital orthopedic technician Marlon Beverly shares tips and tricks for showering and bathing with a cast or splint. A plastic stool or bench can help people with leg ankle and foot casts by making it possible for them to sit down and extend the injured leg as far away from the water as possible.

I wrapped the cast in a plastic trash bag to keep it dry - and it worked. With this cast cover you can pump all the air out of the cover and the material is thicker to keep the cast protected. Garbage bag and duct tape works best day to day and I put a chair in the shower and used a hand wand.

Instead it will cause more mess than a wet cast which is why using plastic bags is an excellent way to keep a cast plastic or fiberglass dry in the shower. Another way for you to make your life simple is by using a plastic stool or chair. All four legs of the shower are in the tub and it has a back to it.