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dragonofjapan -> RE: Handcuffs breaking wrists?!?!? (5/18/2005 7:22:10 AM)
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ORIGINAL: FLButtSlut
A long time ago, I was handcuffed by the actual police <snip> the cops who made the cuffs much tighter.
For about 6 months after that incident I had alternating pain and numbness in my left hand from the wrist to the thumb, so yes they can cause damage.
Let me pipe in here in support of the metal cuffs are best for show and very modified play (such as "arrest" senerios)
I am a neuro-muscular specialist, to get the qulifications out of the way.
The wrists are some of the most delicate part of the body. Numerous nerve bundles run into your hands. Please remember every nerve group in our brain has a branch ending in either your hands or feet (eyes and teeth as well for you info junkies).
The base of your hand is a series of sort of round bones called the metacarpals. These are not strong at all. All the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome stuff you have heard about with typists is related to this area of your wrist-hand connection.
If you will grab your wrist, just past the long bones of your forearm and squeeze, you can get a sense of how 'unconnected' this part of your body is.
So even when using rope for bondage, it is best if you can keep your rope on the long bones of the forearm and away from the transition from arm to hand. Also use multiple loops of rope to spread teh stress over a wider area.
The reason leather cuffs are wide is to spread the stress, hence using cat and dog collars on wrists is best to be avoided, or done in a way which the stress is modified.
Finally, the interior part of your arm and wrist carry most of the blood supply and nerve groups. So when 'hanging' someone by their arms, it is best to place the rings of the cuffs to the inside, so the stress on the arm goes to the outside.
Sorry for all this dry technical talk, but I hope some of you found it useful.
Please return to fun mode now
and boys please remember, eat the Cheetos with your left hand and stroke with your right.
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