Hmm, after all the great feedback and working very hard (and succeeding!) for last three weeks to get my sad brain to shut up and my body to get into the pool, I fell and broke my hand. :shakeshead:
So now my question is, has anyone ever swum in a waterproof cast (doctor said it was a possibility once I'm a little bit healed)? I've asked a few people and have been advised against it, in that they say these casts begin to reek quite quickly (I'm assuming that at least for a few weeks I won't be able to take it on/off).
Perhaps this will be my opportunity to cross-train extensively.... Take up ballet again.... Shoot! is all I can say. Four to eight weeks of cast-ville.
Advice re waterproof casts? (I did search here but nothing popped up.)
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Cast off your cast a soon as you can I wore my ankle cast for 2 days after breaking my ankle but took it off. I swam in the 1958 BE and Commonwealth Games with a broken ankle and just had it wrapped in a tensure bandage and had a novicane injection. I swam my fastest 100 m fly with it on. My 100 m free a different story I was slower by 3 seconds.
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Cast off your cast a soon as you can I wore my ankle cast for 2 days after breaking my ankle but took it off. I swam in the 1958 BE and Commonwealth Games with a broken ankle and just had it wrapped in a tensure bandage and had a novicane injection. I swam my fastest 100 m fly with it on. My 100 m free a different story I was slower by 3 seconds.
