What are the color options for a cast?

What are the color options for a cast?

Cast Colors The following colors are usually available upon request: Navy Blue, Light Blue, Green, Red, Black, Pink and Off White (standard). Orange and Purple are not usually available.

What does it look like when your cast comes off?

When the cast is off, you may notice: The skin that was under the cast looks pale, dry, or flaky. The hair looks darker. The muscles looks smaller.

What are the different types of cast?

Types of Casts

• Cast materials. The hard, outer layer of a cast is made of either plaster or fiberglass.
• Waterproof casts. Special waterproof cast liners may be used under a fiberglass cast so the cast can get wet without falling apart.
• Split (Bivalve) Casts.
• Casts for upper extremities (arms, wrists, fingers)
• Resources.

What is ankle cast?

A foot or ankle cast is an orthopedic device that supports broken, fractured or injured bones and joints in the ankles and feet. Casts immobilize the foot or ankle to keep it completely still during the healing process. Your doctor will mold a cast to your foot or ankle to provide the maximum protection and support.

How long does a cast stay on?

Plaster casts are made up of a bandage and a hard covering, usually plaster of paris. They allow broken bones in the arm or leg to heal by holding them in place, and usually need to stay on for between 4 and 12 weeks. Taking good care of your cast will help ensure a better recovery.

What happens if a cast is left on too long?

The skin can break down and become infected if it remains wet for a long time. Do not trim, file or break off rough areas around the edge of a plaster cast.

Why is my skin peeling around my cast?

When the cast is removed, your child’s skin will look yellow and flaky. This is normal. It is because the cast keeps the dead skin cells from falling off. It is also normal for hair on the casted arm or leg to be long and darker when the cast is removed.

What’s the difference between a hard cast and a soft cast?

What are casts made of? The outside, or hard part of the cast, is made from two different kinds of casting materials. Cotton and other synthetic materials are used to line the inside of the cast to make it soft and to provide padding around bony areas, such as the wrist or elbow.

Can bones move in a cast?

Many joints will tolerate six weeks of immobility from casting. Ankle fractures and wrist fractures commonly immobilize the broken bone with a cast, and these joints get moving pretty quickly when out of plaster.

Is it normal to have pain while in a cast?

Because bones, torn ligaments, tendons, and other tissues can take weeks or months to heal, you may be stuck with your cast for a while. Although the pain may ease after a few weeks, the discomfort – swelling, itchiness, or soreness – may last the entire time.

How to tell if you have an ankle dislocation?

An ankle dislocation is a severe injury in which there is an abnormal separation between 1 or more of the bones of your ankle joint. With your injury, you might have severe pain right away, swelling, and a deformed look to the ankle. You likely won’t be able to put weight on your foot.

Where do you put a cast after ankle sprain?

After surgery on the neck or upper back area. Applied to the area below the knee to the foot. Lower leg fractures, severe ankle sprains and strains, or fractures. Also used to hold the leg or foot muscles and tendons in place after surgery to allow healing. Applied from the upper thigh to the ankle.

What are the different types of leg casts?

Lower leg fractures, severe ankle sprains and strains, or fractures. Also used to hold the leg or foot muscles and tendons in place after surgery to allow healing. Applied from the upper thigh to the ankle. Knee, or lower leg fractures, knee dislocations, or after surgery on the leg or knee area. Applied from the chest to the foot on one leg.

How long does it take for an ankle dislocation to heal?

Once the injury has healed, physical therapy can assist in establishing the best possible long-term outcome. What Is the Recovery Time for an Ankle Dislocation? Depending on the extent of related fractures and the need for surgery, time to heal and recovery can vary widely from four weeks to several months.