anyone else get numbness

[Moonlight]

I have noticed lately when we are done playing I have numbness in my hands and sometimes part of my legs. It goes to tingling and then feeling comes back. The restraints are not too tight so I am not sure why.

 

[sebastian]

Tingling and numbness means that somehow you're putting too much pressure on your nerves. It might be the ropes/ties, or it might be the position. So try process of elimination. Try a position that doesn't stress the joints, like spread-eagle. If you still get tingling, it's probably the ties. If you don't, it might be the other positions.

A good basic rule is that after the ropes are on, the dom should be able to slip two fingers between rope and skin. If he can't, the rope is too tight.

 

[Moonlight]

Ok thanks, we will try some things differently.

 

[subarama30]

Could be positions or circulation problem. Have you had any medical issues recently? That would be my first guess.

 

[thinmint7]

I have this too!! For me though it is right before I cum. I do tend to clench up so maybe I am hitting the nerves. To me it seems that the better the session is going the more numb I become... maybe all the blood displacement

 

[Moonlight]

Hmm could be.

Huh health issues. I have asthma and my immune system attacks my tummy but I do not think either of those has been linked to circulation problems.

 

[sebastian]

Looking at my first response, I realize I made a partial mistake. Tingling and numbness may also mean you're cutting off circulation, not only that you're putting pressure on nerves.

You said it's in your hands and legs. That could definitely be loss of circulation. Does it feel like your hand or leg has fallen asleep? That's a classic sign of impeded blood flow (like when you fall asleep with your arm tucked under you or something like that).

When this happens, how are you tied?

 

[Moonlight]

The times it happens my arms are over my head or under me. Yes it feel like they went to sleep but feeling quickly comes back when I am upright again. I only had tingling in my feet once and I was sitting on my calves so I do think I cut off circulation that time.

 

[sebastian]

Ok Hands over head will do that--the blood is draining out of your extremities. So once you start feeling tingling or numbness, ask to be released from that posture. Your dom should watch for paleness of skin or a drop in body temperature in your hands. As for your feet, you might be cutting off circulation a little bit there as well. Do you practice kneeling?

 

[Moonlight]

Ok well it is reassuring that over my head will cause that.

No I do not practice kneeling. Would it get better if I did? I never even thought of practicing before. I figured I was just getting old. I get a tinge of jealousy when I watched my toddler sitting completely at ease on her calves. Oh to be that limber again.