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.)
isobel
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OK. Got waterproof cast. Only AFTER I paid the $78 extra did the doctor redefine "swimming" for me. I can't put any pressure on my right hand (I fractured it at the wrist; it's slightly dislocated but healing OK so far), but I can kick.
I also broke my wrist and fractured my elbow and was swimming right away with a waterproof cast. I'm confuzzled as to why you're being asked to wait--other than the threat of a malpractice suit (in the doctor's mind, not yours).
I have noticed an increase in the Urgency of instructions by doctors to kids and their parents after breaking bones*. "NO activity" seems to be the prevailing thought, rather than "proceed, but with common sense" (apparently no one has this anymore?). After talking with some doctor friends of ours they admit that it's due to the high amount of malpractice suits.
*this is with "typical" breaks, not extenuating circumstances.
OK. Got waterproof cast. Only AFTER I paid the $78 extra did the doctor redefine "swimming" for me. I can't put any pressure on my right hand (I fractured it at the wrist; it's slightly dislocated but healing OK so far), but I can kick.
I also broke my wrist and fractured my elbow and was swimming right away with a waterproof cast. I'm confuzzled as to why you're being asked to wait--other than the threat of a malpractice suit (in the doctor's mind, not yours).
I have noticed an increase in the Urgency of instructions by doctors to kids and their parents after breaking bones*. "NO activity" seems to be the prevailing thought, rather than "proceed, but with common sense" (apparently no one has this anymore?). After talking with some doctor friends of ours they admit that it's due to the high amount of malpractice suits.
*this is with "typical" breaks, not extenuating circumstances.
