QUERY: Has anyone tried.....

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I have this brochure that my Osteopath gave me out of a Sporting/

pyhsiotherapy type magazine on a bracing/ casting product that sounds

PERFECT for a lot of us EDS'ers.

It is called Nexcare Sports " Soft Cast made by Nexcare (which is a #M

affiliated product).

Here is a little bit of the information contained in the article/ ad

thing and I can scan it and send all I have on it if anyone is

interested.

" A new generation of casting tape based on functional immobilisation

. Soft Cast - a revolutionary addition to 3M's scotchcast range

of casting products - is a knitted fibreglass bandage impregnated

with a polyurathane resin, which allows flexability as well as

resilience after curing According to 3M Product Specialist,

Sports & Manipulative Physiotherapist van Gaalen, " Soft Cast

sppeds recovery of musculo-skeletal injury by stabilising the injured

area without limiting muscle function completely. "

Basically while this cast immobilises the injury it also seems to

allow enough muscle function and movement to allow walking and

prevent muscle wasting and other problems caused by long casting

times. You can also get soft cast splinting reinforcements if more

rigid stabilisation is needed,

The best past is that this can be cut after curing and used as a

functional brace.

have a look at it on

http://www.3m.com/intl/au/nexcare/scotchcast.html or so a search for

it in Google etc.

It seems like a good alternative for those like ME who are allergic

to strapping tapes etc.

Just tought I would pass it along (I have better info than the site

from this article) if anyone wants a look.

Sharon (Shazinoz)