When to Use a Rollator Walker

When to Use a Rollator Walker

Mobility can present an array of challenges for many people, and mobility aids can help with handling those challenges. With that said, one must find the right type of aid for their needs. Wheelchairs offer excellent benefits to some people, but
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The Benefits of Using a Massage Therapy Gun

The Benefits of Using a Massage Therapy Gun

When someone is experiencing stress, tension, or pain, one of the worst things they can be asked is, “Have you tried relaxing?” Never mind how dismissive of one’s problems this alleged advice sounds, or how rarely it helps with
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What Crutches are Best?

What Crutches are Best?

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What’s the use of a Post-op shoe?

What’s the use of a Post-op shoe?

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How to Wear Knee Immobilizer?

How to Wear Knee Immobilizer?

A knee Immobilizer as the name suggests is worn to stabilize and restrict the movement of your knee area. It is used as an extension worn on the knee to lock and prevent the slightest of motion,
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When to Wear Ankle Brace?

When to Wear Ankle Brace?

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How to use Cast Cutter?

How to use Cast Cutter?

If you have ever had a broken bone or any other ailment that required immobilization, you are well aware of what a cast is. Casts are usually made of plaster or fiberglass. And once the time comes to take off the cast, a cast cutter or a cast saw
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Wrist sprains and how to treat them?

Wrist sprains and how to treat them?

Wrist sprain is a common injury for all types of athletes. A momentary loss of balance is all it takes to fall or slip, and as you slip, it is a natural reflex of our body to stick out our hand in order to break the fall.  However,
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Which Neck Brace is the best?

Which Neck Brace is the best?

Neck braces , also known as cervical collars, are designed to support your spinal cord and head for optimal alignment and provide relief after serious neck injury or pain. These are orthopaedic support collars that promote better posture of your
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How Does Wrist Brace Help?

How Does Wrist Brace Help?

Wrist Brace is incredibly useful wearable medical equipment that offers support to your wrist and restricts movement. For any person with a long-term wrist pain condition or injury, it can be the best gear that promotes smooth recovery. 
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Best Elbow Brace for Pain

Best Elbow Brace for Pain

Do you experience pain and discomfort in your elbow while performing any work? Well, if you perform arm-intensive activities regularly, then encountering elbow pain might not be a new thing for you. This can be frustrating and annoying for any
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How to Apply a Fiberglass Orthopedic Cast

How to Apply a Fiberglass Orthopedic Cast

How to Apply a Fiberglass Orthopedic Cast

Our cast kits come with everything you will need for the cast application process, including gloves! And the application process for fiberglass casts is fairly easy. Broken bones are very painful and if you were wondering how a cast is applied to patients with broken bones, the steps are listed below!
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Art Reacting to Art: Plaster Bandage Life Casting

Art Reacting to Art: Plaster Bandage Life Casting

Art Reacting to Art: Plaster Bandage Life Casting

Lehigh University has some extremely talented students. This is the second article we have featured them in, showcasing their impressive work with our Orthotape Plaster of Paris plaster bandages.
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Cast Mountain!

Cast Mountain!

Cast Mountain!

What a way to make a statement!

To form Cast Mountain, the Christian Care System used a variety of colors that Orthotape offers. Our name brand, Orthotape Fiberlgass casting tape, is what was used to create the cast forms. They built the orthopedic cast up into a mountain of short leg, long leg, long arm, and short arm casts.
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Cast Removal Anxiety: Fear the Cast Saw no More!

Cast Removal Anxiety: Fear the Cast Saw no More!

Cast Removal Anxiety: Fear the Cast Saw no More!

Cast removal can create anxiety for a patient. Patients are often in fear when they see a doctor come at them with a huge saw. But there is nothing to fear as the saw is designed with patient protection in mind.
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How to Change color or Repair a Broken Cast with fiberglass casting tape.

How to Change color or Repair a Broken Cast with fiberglass casting tape.

How to Change the color or Repair a Broken Cast with OrthoTape


The best way to repair a broken dirty cast or change the color of an existing orthopedic arm or leg cast.
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Broken Arm Gifts, Broken Leg Gifts with Casttoo

Broken Arm Gifts, Broken Leg Gifts with Casttoo

Decorate Your Orthopedic Arm or Leg Cast with Casttoo


The wonderful people of Casttoo have created several lines, geared for all ages, to spruce up that cast of yours! They are exactly what the name implies, a cast tattoo, and they’re oh so easy to apply to any cast!
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Art Taking Shape Using Plaster Bandages for Life Casting

Art Taking Shape Using Plaster Bandages for Life Casting

Art Taking Shape Using Plaster Bandages for Life Casting


With an Idea steaming from George Segal’s “Walk, Don’t Walk”, 1976, Lehigh University Professor Lucy Gans was inspired. It was a tedious process, as the students worked 3 hours a day, 3+ days a week for several weeks. But the hard work most definitely paid off.
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Bamboo Bikes and a Better Community

Bamboo Bikes and a Better Community

Bamboo Bike made from Fiberglass Casting tape


OrthoTape’s Fiberglass tape came to the rescue, as it takes place of this entire process through one quick method, since, the fiberglass is already impregnated with the resin. And the outcome? A bike frame that’s all that and a bag of chips, if ya know what I mean. Since starting the project in 2015, Mason has been in contact with several local schools about incorporating his program.
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Mosaic Art with Plaster Bandages

Mosaic Art with Plaster Bandages

Mosaic Art with Plaster Bandages



One of our customers, Cindy White at Art by Earth Mother Mosaics, recently sent us their twist on how they use plaster bandages in art. She creates amazing mosaic pieces out of strips of plaster!

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Summer is saved with Delta Dry Waterproof Cast Padding

Summer is saved with Delta Dry Waterproof Cast Padding

Too often kids (& adults) miss out on all the summer fun due to that broken arm or leg because they’re stuck in a traditional orthopedic cast that is not waterproof.

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