{"id":797,"date":"2019-01-04T00:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T00:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/?page_id=797"},"modified":"2020-01-21T11:24:43","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T11:24:43","slug":"waterproof-casts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/services-and-treatments\/waterproof-casts\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterproof Casts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Broken wrist or hand ?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Summer is a time\u00a0for being active and for beach holidays!\u00a0Sometimes this means a mishap\u00a0for someone in the family\u00a0and a broken bone is the result!\u00a0The last thing you want is 6 weeks in a heavy plaster cast that cannot get wet\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:19px\" class=\"has-background has-light-green-cyan-background-color\">Peninsula Hand Therapy specialises in the custom fabrication of lightweight, low temperature, thermoplastic casts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our experienced Hand Therapists can have your injury assessed quickly and arrange for an immediate X\u2013ray. If a fracture is confirmed you\u00a0can have a waterproof cast applied straight away. \u00a0Our Hand therapists\u00a0 stay up to date with the latest in fracture management and are capable of managing all simple fractures in a custom thermoplastic brace. We work closely with our local Hand and Orthopaedic surgeons so if your fracture requires an opinion from a Hand or Orthopaedic surgeon we can arrange this quickly via your GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our practice has a wide range of thermoplastic and fiberglass materials in a variety of colours to suit your fracture and the demands of your lifestyle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thermoplastic waterproof casts are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>lightweight<\/li><li>conforming<\/li><li>custom moulded to your hand or wrist<\/li><li>breathable<\/li><li>can be remoulded as your swelling reduces<\/li><li>durable<\/li><li>only immobilise the affected joints so that unaffected joints can move<\/li><li>available in a wide range of bright colours that kids love.<\/li><li>no plaster saw required to remove<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/waterproof-cast-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1083\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/waterproof-cast-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/waterproof-cast-1-222x300.jpg 222w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broken wrist or hand ?&nbsp; Summer is a time\u00a0for being active and for beach holidays!\u00a0Sometimes this means a mishap\u00a0for someone in the family\u00a0and a broken bone is the result!\u00a0The last thing you want is 6 weeks&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/services-and-treatments\/waterproof-casts\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Waterproof Casts<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":45,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-797","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7MFdP-cR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1090,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/797\/revisions\/1090"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsulahandtherapy.com.au\/wp_dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}