Is It Safe To Exercise With A Cast Or Splint?

Functioning through daily life having to wear a cast, splint or sling from a recent injury can be challenging. Injuries are common and unfortunately these medical assistance items that help you get better can also be quite challenging on their own. Especially when it comes to continuing to live an active lifestyle with exercise. But is it a good idea to exercise with a cast, splint or sling?

In This Episode You Will Learn:

1). Why we decided to dedicate an episode to this issue and how this can affect someone trying to recover from a recent injury.

2). Some of Meredith's personal experiences in training people of all ages and their shared stories of trying to exercise with a cast.

3). Some of the challenges you will face if you overexercise and how that can slow down the healing process.

4). Why it's important to choose the right type of exercises that are safe to do depending on the type of injury you have and the location of the cast etc.

5). How staying active even during nursing an injury can help keep you motivated and make your post recovery workouts easier to return to.

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We hope the information we've shared in this episode is helpful to you or someone you know who may be dealing with a cast, sling or splint. Staying active is important no matter what your current situation is. Always keep in mind to be safe and smart when you do exercise to ensure a healthy recovery from your injury.

Team Meredith

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