# How many times have you worn a cast? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595 "2010-09-30T13:30:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/1 "2010-09-30T13:30:57Z")
Having had to wear a third cast on my arm this year (I broke my right wrist at age 8, my left arm at age 16 and lastly my left wrist), I was just wondering. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/2 "2010-09-30T13:35:21Z")
Never broke a bone until my femur 6 years ago and I still have the rod in there. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/3 "2010-09-30T14:08:48Z")
Three: Once for the tibia and fibia. Once for the ulna and radius. Once for whatever it’s called between the little finger and the wrist. The second time I broke same fist bone and the two times I broke toes I just let them heal without. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/4 "2010-09-30T14:23:31Z")
On my last break, I also broke my tailbone and two toes. No way I was going to get them plastered. A full arm cast was enough! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/5 "2010-09-30T14:34:05Z")
OK - as the only 6 or more at this point ---------- I raced motorcycles and played rugby in my younger days. Bikes broke most of the bones and I sometimes soaked the cast off that night but lets just say I knew my Blue Cross number without looking at the card. (Dave Aldana and I both wore skeleton leathers - mine were the ones with the paint/ink scraped off to show all the broken bones I had) ---
**Author:** ![Al\_Bundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@Al\_Bundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al_Bundy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/6 "2010-09-30T14:42:58Z")
I wore a series of casts for six months with a shattered leg when I was 18 years old. Since then I have had a broken ankle, three broken metatarsals, and a broken fibula and perhaps more. I have not worn a cast since that old leg cast. I refuse any casting and just duct tape the injury and wait for a recovery. Bones usually take me three weeks to heal except the fibula has taken about eight weeks. It’s not for everybody. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/7 "2010-09-30T14:45:04Z")
Cast - only once. Fractured left radius in the 7th grade. Everything since then has been ligament damage. Not a big trade-off, that’s for sure. My left leg is held together by hope and duct tape. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/8 "2010-09-30T14:52:26Z")
My mother used to say that either I was the unluckiest person she knew because I fell down so much, or the luckiest because I never broke anything! I _did_ break my baby toe a few years back, but of course, they don’t put a cast on that! At 48YO, I’ve never worn a cast. ::knocks wood:: ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/9 "2010-09-30T15:09:25Z")
Once. Broken ankle - asshole at school pushed me down the stairs. These days I probably could have sued. Have had stress fractures (I was a marathon runner) since which did not require a cast. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Accident](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Mr.Accident](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Accident)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/10 "2010-09-30T15:21:07Z")
Haven’t ever had to wear a cast. When I cracked the ulna of my left arm I had to wear a brace that velcro’d on, but that was it. ---
**Author:** ![Blaster\_Master](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/cab0a1/32.png) [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/11 "2010-09-30T15:33:56Z")
I’m unsure how to respond to this one. I have broken 3 bones at various times. I’ve broken each pinky, but never had more than a split, so I’m unsure if that counts. On the opposite end, when I broke my wrist, I had a series of 3-4 casts and 2-3 splints over 6 months. So, depending on how you count them, I’m as few as one, or as many as 7-8. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/12 "2010-09-30T15:41:02Z")
No broken bones and no casts in 46 years of living, knock wood. Ow. My head now hurts. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/13 "2010-09-30T15:49:55Z")
Twice, both times for a chipped bone in my ankle. Once in high school (I got a plaster cast) and once in Grad School (fiberglass). Times changed. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/14 "2010-09-30T16:43:27Z")
Only once for me…tore ligaments in my ankle and has a non-plaster cast (fiberglass? I was told it could get wet). ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/15 "2010-09-30T16:58:31Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > My mother used to say that either I was the unluckiest person she knew because I fell down so much, or the luckiest because I never broke anything! I _did_ break my baby toe a few years back, but of course, they don’t put a cast on that! At 48YO, I’ve never worn a cast. ::knocks wood:: I’ve broken the baby toe on my left foot three times that I’m sure of, and maybe once more. It’s kind of a crunchy, floppy mess. I also chipped my knee cap. No cast for that either. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/16 "2010-09-30T17:05:03Z")
Twice, but I don’t remember either time. When I was 2, I broke my left arm. When I was 3, I broke my right arm. When I was 4, I fell out of the shopping cart and got a big black eye. The doctor seriously considered having my parents investigated for abuse! But I was just clumsy. ---
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/17 "2010-09-30T17:17:40Z")
Actual casts, made out of plaster, only twice and one of those was on my pinky finger. I have quite a collection of braces made from assorted materials that I have gotten for sprains and tears over the years. I’ve worn probably a dozen of those. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/18 "2010-09-30T17:28:17Z")
I’ve broken five bones on two occasions, and have had only one cast. ---
**Author:** ![tallcoldone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9a140/32.png) [@tallcoldone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tallcoldone)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/19 "2010-09-30T18:01:31Z")
3 for me - broke my left leg (tibia and fibula) in a bike accident when I was 11; broke my right arm (radius and ulna) playing football when I was 13; broke my left arm (radius and ulna) playing basketball when I was 18. I could have used my xray films as wallpaper for my bedroom. The only one I was certain was broken at the time it happened was the football injury - my right forearm bent at 45 degrees - in the middle. My coach almost puked when he saw me. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595/20 "2010-09-30T18:07:31Z")
I once had to wear a flexible removable cast around my knee for a few weeks, but never an actual plaster cast, so I chose “0.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-have-you-worn-a-cast/555595.md?page=2)