Searched and couldn't find a reference to swimming while in a cast in the USMS fora. My daughter has a forearm cast covering her wrist which she got days before summer swim team practice started. She is really bummed, but we found a link here to the only cast cover that I have found that says it can be used while swimming:
www.medcareproducts.com/.../prodinfo.asp
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Also now have a referral to XeroSox which claim same as above, but include a small pump to create a vacuum:
www.amazon.com/.../B0007KOFUO
Does anyone have any experience with this or other cast covers to tell whether or not they really work?
Should the cast be the "waterproof" fiberglass kind as well?
My daughter broke her arm when she was 11. The last day of school. We put on a fiberglass cast, it went from wrist to elbow. I kind of liked it because I could always tell which one was her. I don't remember it effecting her times much and it was off in six weeks. It was not a problem for her or us. We knew she would need to swim when she broke it, so we told them she needed a cast she could swim in. Maybe you can get your daughter's cast changed?:fish2:
Mark,
I swam with casts in two separate broken wrist incidents, one just forearm length, the other full arm (swam nationals with that one). Both times, I got the waterproof fiberglass. I'd recommend getting that so you just plain don't have to worry if something leaks. They're a pain in the rear to dry (i used dryers in the locker room for ~10 minutes), they weigh you down, and you're going to need to tell your daughter to be careful about the shoulder, but in the end, I'd rather swim slower or just work on legs than not be in the pool at all.
Mark-
My son broke his wrist a few years ago and we got a XeroSox. It worked great. The ortopaedist wouldn't do a water proof cast. said they just didn't work. Sounded silly, but so be it. The Xero Sox was a blessing.
Dana
