How to take Care of your Plaster Cast

A PLASTER CAST is a rigid support to hold your broken bones together so that they heal.

Do:

• Keep your affected limb propped up on a pillow when resting to avoid swelling.
• Exercise any joints sticking out from the plaster e.g. your toes or fingers, to prevent stiffness.
  

Come back to have your cast checked if:

1. If it gets soft/cracks.
2. You develop increasing pain, numbness, or pins and needles.
3. Your toes or fingers turn blue.

Keep all follow-up appointments.

Do NOT:

• Wet your plaster.
• Cut your plaster yourself - come back with any problems.
• Stand on or rest on any hard surfaces like the back of a chair for the first two days as the plaster needs time to set.

 

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