Back Slab Cast Leg

A back slab is a temporary cast used in the early treatment of injuries such as an ankle fracture.

Back slab cast leg. The back slab contains plaster for the back bracing near the Achilles tendon but has no plaster in the front. Taking good care of your cast will help ensure a better recovery. Do not walk on your back slab they are not strong enough to support walking.

A middle aged woman with 2 fractures at her left ankle sitting in a wheelchair with leg raised. Do these exercises every so often to reduce the risk of deep vein thrombosis. This is then changed to a more secure full cast ie.

This allows the muscles around the ankle to engage preventing muscle atrophy while the cast is on the body. The EM3 education team demonstrates how to apply a front leg slab for a rupture to the Achilles tendon disclaimer. A half plaster or back slab is applied.

Or while standing on your good leg swing the casted leg from the hip or make circles with it. After surgery on the neck or upper back area. This is because the limb may swell for the first day or so and they want to make sure the cast is not too tight.

Back slabs can be made from POP or Prelude TM polyester roll. This allows the natural amount of swelling to. Circumferential around limb at 1 week post injury.

An orthopedic cast or simply cast is a shell frequently made from plaster or fiberglass that encases a limb to stabilize and hold anatomical structuresmost often a broken bone in place until healing is confirmed. Plaster casts are made up of a bandage and a hard covering usually plaster of paris. Splintage which can allow motion at adjacent joints Based on interposition of Material Unpadded-No material interposed in between Plaster.