BranBTAT wrote:No one has mentioned being tied by the ankles yet and while I don't have personal experience with it, I know someone who has. Said it was a pretty difficult position to be in and really made the torture extremely rough to handle.
I've tried the standing strappado before and it's not my number one choice for a tie up for sure.
So there's my two pence.
Hanging upside down by the ankles isn't as directly painful to the ankles because the bones and ligaments are much thicker and stronger there and are designed to support the human body weight in the first place... although the strains placed on them while upside-down are different than what they are designed for. The real problem with hanging upside down is that it makes blood rush to the head and this makes most people pass out after a very short time. Mere minutes in some cases. If you're not a young athlete, it's an experience best skipped at at least practiced without bondage by means you can very quickly get out of, such as merely standing on your head.
Definitely not a position to be left in while unwatched for any length of time. It
looks like fun... but only in fiction.
As for strappado; you need to be very, very limber to endure that any length of time. If anything, that's at least as dangerous as hanging by the wrists, as something easily could go very wrong very quickly. Also definitely not recommended unless you are in
excellent physical condition AND your captor is experienced with it and knows exactly what they are doing.
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