SamanthaBoundx wrote:If your limbs are going numb then it means that you are cutting off the blood supply to them. If you allow that to continue for too long then you risk causing some serious damage to your own body - like FF said, nerve damage is likely and if you leave it for long enough then you may even be facing some pretty serious tissue damage. Neither should be taken lightly.
It's probably just because you've been tied too tightly is all. You'll just have to ask whoever is tying you to adjust your restraints until they stop causing any discomfort for you. If you enjoy being bound very tightly, then I would suggest trying different materials - tape and soft cuffs spread pressure over their surface and so you can afford to tighten them further without risking your health.
If you've tried loosening your bonds and you aren't feeling much difference then it's probably because you're being tied incorrectly. There are certain points of your body at which your blood vessels converge together at the surface and so if you apply pressure at those points, of course you are going to go a bit numb. Unfortunately, these points are at your wrists and your ankles. You'll find that your limbs are less likely to go numb if you tie just above your wrists and ankles. It's a much safer way to practice bondage.
Give those ideas a go. It isn't worth risking your health
james14 wrote:I agree about the nerves- however women do have nerves near the surface on the bony parts othier wrists- try squeezing with finger and thumb on those points and a women will be helpless as you squeeze. However if the breasts are tied then care has to be taken as not only blood vessels can be damaged- hence why the breast will go blue if left tied tightly for too long- but the ducts inside can be. BTW- if a female has silcone enhanced breasts do not tied them together or put rope around them- It can have consequences for the silcone sac and the skin it os held in.
However some women can endure tight ropes for ages- I suggest these have more firmer arms than many.
Jason Toddman wrote:Take it from someone who knows; nerve damage is no joke. One reason I gave up TUGs is because I've been developing problems in my limbs these [ast 10-12 years that are almost certainly the result of nerve damage from too many long term tie ups; probably mostly by experiences in adulthood with people relatively new to TUGs who did not know proper techniques for safe tying and probably also from poorly done self ties.
Probably no one incident did it but a combination of a great many of them all together. The damage is only minor to moderate but it's there, and likely could have been avoided. So whenever this happens to you (as it did to me a great deal in my 20s and 30s), get untied ASAP!