Showering with an arm cast...tips?

garbage bag and duct tape

With my surgery I used a couple of plastic grocery bag and then some Press n Seal. You could try that blue painters tape too. Pain in the ass, I know.

I used kitchen garbage bags and tape. That way the water does not get inside the cast.

We just used Press & Seal to completely wrap it. Lots easier than messing with tape/bags.

I vote for glad press and seal...put a rubber band around top if you want. or put plastic bag over and use press and seal at the top. great stuff. better than tape.

10 year old DS broke his wrist this past summer. My SIL is a nurse and she told us to use press and seal wrap around the cast and tucked in the openings. They use it at the hospital where she works.

I agree with press and seal. Easy peasy!

I don't think the waterproof cast choice is offered in many areas. My son broke his arm 3 weeks before we were to go to Florida and the Bahamas. We obviously wanted a waterproof cast, but the option wasn't available (I live in the Seattle area, so I'd think my location was not the problem). We got him a dry pro with the air pump and it did great. Until it didn't. When it sprung a leak on the last day of vacation. We flew home and had to replace the cast. Apparently, the integrity of the cast is not in question if it gets wet, it's the skin underneath that won't dry and will be prone to infection.

Both my kids have broken their dominant arm. We used this cast cover from Amazon for showering: www.amazon.com/Self-wear-Reusable-Travel-friendly-Bandage-Waterproof/dp/B00LM3BNMS/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1446587600&sr=8-2&keywords=arm+cast+cover

worked like a charm. Both kids could put it on by themselves in seconds and it kept them completely dry as could be. I'd highly recommend it.

This! We have one that has been used extensively.

Press and seal is a great idea! I'll have to remember that one.

I was going to offer another idea - I had a person tell me that the super long gloves/covers that dairymen (?) use to, um, impregnate/etc. cows work great. Lol! Basically it's a huge long arm cover so they can stick their arms up cow's backsides lol, so it's meant for that purpose anyway. Not sure how easy they are to get, though!

We bought a sort of pricy cast cover that was supposed to be so great he could even swim in it.   Only, despite measuring him twice before ordering, it was so tight once on properly that it hurt him and he refused to wear it.  (He's 12, BTW.) 

So we would start off by putting press & seal wrap all over and around the cast. Then we used 2 plastic grocery bags and a ton of duct tape all around it. Then we very carefully cut all of that off when he was done.

We had to wash his hair for him, though.  He'd knell by the tub and we'd wash it before he took his shower.  With his hand all bagged up like that he had a hard time doing a good job and because of his age and hair type, his hair gets oily quickly if he doesn't wash it really well.

There are bags for this. I used one with the walking boot I had this past spring. It was great! It fit over the boot, then truly clamped onto my leg so the boot/foot didn't get wet.

It was wonderful. I could shower, although sitting down as I couldn't walk on my foot!!