|
Termyn8or -> Othopeadics/othopedics (1/14/2008 2:13:40 PM)
|
There is another fetish out there, something I might like to try. Braces.
I don't mean tooth braces, I mean like leg braces. Now there is a bit of a stigma attahed to this kink. I can fully understand if you or someone you know is disabled and has to wear leg braces that you might view this kink with a somewhat jaundiced eye.
However, like the diaper discussion, some don't want anything to do with them, and sometimes it is because they know someone who had to use them for medical reasons. Disabled people have it rough, and I can understrand, but we are not hurting anyone. Really, I would hate nothing more that have to wear leg braces, but as long as I don't have to, I'd like to give it i try.
All them straps going around the legs that prevent you from bending the knee. Pretty much bondage I would say. I would not say alot of people are into it, but there are enough that there are a couple of websites devoted to it.
Some want to go to a different city and spend some serious time wearing them. Not that they would ask for help, that would be,,,,,,, I do not have the word right now. But they want to experience a day in the life so to speak, and I find nothing wrong with that. Sticking out a tin cup IMO would not be moral. Somebody simply opening a door for you though wouldn't be so bad.
This is of course an outgrowth of the basic bondage fetish, a subject that I hashed to death on LMU.
Some people are into neck braces. I have to stay away from that even though I do own what is called an extriction collar. Some are even into those ones that have the points that screw into the scalp, these must be washed down with antibiotics periodically because they actually break the skin. Even I consider that extreme.
The simple leg brace is referred to as a KAFO. That stands for Knee Ankle Foot Ortosis and is designed to keep the leg straight for walking, with the aid of crutches. There is a release for sitting, but I "know" a Woman who wears a set that has no such release. She goes to work all week and runs a normal life, until the weekend. She wears them all weekend and they have a modification so that they can be locked on. And they are. And she loves every minute of it.
The next step is the HKAFO, all the same, just add hip to it. This is for people who also cannot stay up due to a hip or hip muscle problem. Generally it has a waist belt as well, and the KAFOs are attached to it, and there are locking joints similar to the hip joints on the basic KAFO.
Then there is the RGO, which stands for Reciprocating Gait Orthosis. This device facilitates walking with a mechanism which throws one leg forward when the other is pulled back. To get the leverage to do this of course there needs to be like a body jacket, otherwise it would be too easy to break your back.
Beyond that is the full body jacket, including either an RGO or a HKAFO, but with a neck brace. Now with all this on you, you can't look down and see it. A full length mirror might help.
When the orthosis is this extreme it is damn hard to take it off without help. I imagine it is even hard to get into without help.
Portable bondage.
There are also arm braces, and they are not usually used to treat fractures. Mostly they are for people who have had reconstructive surgery on their face, and they are designed to prevent them from touching their face. This is alot closer to actual bondage because usually the person wearing them has no problem with their arms. They keep the arms straight.
You might see a kid wearing them at times after corrective surgery for a cleft palette or something of that nature. In fact some are designed to be discreet, so that you can't tell by looking if they are wearing a long sleeved shirt.
There is a leather place that makes such a thing out of leather, keeps the arms straight.
So just who all is into this ? This is from a bondage standpoint, and I have no desire to offend those who are disabled, but it is actually a fetish.
There are a couple of websites you might want to have a look at. One is NBAK which stands for Neck Brace Appreciation Klub. Another is fantasylegbraces.com, which has a bunch of pics as well, but also makes braces for fetishists. This is not cheap.
In fact not cheap is almost an understatement. Just like the medically proscribed ones, we are talking thousands of dollars. This is probably one of the most expensive fetishes around short of a full blown dungeon. A simple set of KAFOs would be way more than halfway to a thousand. And all this is custom made, like a real chastity belt. In fact people have connected chastity belts to HKAFOs or RGOs. I think. Never seen it but read about it.
I thought I would bring this subject up because nobody has. Disabled people, I am not against you, but I have to remain honest, unless I know you I don't really feel your pain or anything like that. I understand that if you need these things life sucks for you. I am not without compassion. If anyone wants to deride me for this fetish, I will accept that and hope you get it out of your system. But I am not out to hurt anyone, and I have never caused anyone to have a disability that would require braces.
This is kink, and we cannot control our kink. We might, we might not do certain things because they would be harmful, but the desire is the desire. I can in no way blow off a kink anymore than I could blow off my desire for a good looking redhead.
The main interest in anything orthopedic is rooted in bondage of course, like I said, portable bondage. People who practice ortho-bondage, if I may coin a phrase, are called pretenders. On the surface it seems derogatory, but it isn't really. It is the truth. None want to NEED the braces, just want to wear them.
Thus the stigma. People with this fetish seem discompassionate to the disabled, and believe me, that is not true. People who are disabled that way might also have to wear diapers, which is alot more prevalent, or at least less rare fetish. Diaper fetish carries the same stigma, but to a lesser degree. But it is still there.
Maybe this is the medical category of fetish. You could buy something from Segufix or Humane Restraints and not want to need them due to a nedical condition. These are meant to be used on patients who would hurt themselves. None of us want that, or to be like that, but we let our people tie us up anyway.
That is my point, get past it. I do have some sympathy for the disabled, but I can't really apologize for being me. If I look at your leg braces that you hate and say hmmmmm, I am sorry if that offends you. Let my actions speak.
Another point, I guess it's related. Sometimes schools have the sessions where a kid is made to stay in a wheelchair all day. Question, are they allowed to get up and go to the bathroom ? If so they are not getting the full experience. They should be in a diaper and restrained to the chair until they shit themselves. Being disabled must really suck, and I doubt that in those situations the kids have really experienced it.
I am one who thinks things through. This friend of mine, way long time ago in the past, damn I should have kept her. Well she had this friend who was paralysed from the waist down due to a car wreck. He was in a private chair, and we are sitting there, she asks him "When is the last time you shit ?". He had storng arms and lifted himself up, she had her answer. I didn't know the guy all that well and was asked to leave the room. Obviously she changed him. What a life.
Is it dangerous to have such a fetish ? Will karma get me somehow ? I don't know.
I would help in any way I can, in fact I gave her a ride there. But what if I was asked to change him ? That is abhorrent to me, but I would think, man, the dude needs this. I might say, you know this is pretty hard for me, but I would do it.
It is as strange as life, in one breath expressing sympathy, and in another wanting to try out those gnarly devices some must wear. Thus the stigma. Tearing you in two directions at the same time. Sucks.
So is anyone else into this or did I just waste my time ?
I now yield the floor.
T
|
|
|
|
