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QuietDragon -> RE: Armbinders (2/10/2006 3:56:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: candystripper
i love a set of red armbinders (one sleeve) but have been told they are dangerous & can dislocate your shoiulder. Anyone's advice?
candystripper
Hi candystripper. Pretty much every bondage technique you might mention could be considered "dangerous" if the limb or joint it is securing is pushed suddenly out of its maximal range of movement, or held for a long period outside its normal range of movement.
With the above caveats however, the single sleeve glove (aka monogove or bondage sleeve) is a beautiful harness for securing a bondagette's arms behind her back. Not only does it keep her pesky, meddling hands out of the way while she gets whatever it is that she is getting that evening, but it also raises and thrusts out her breasts and alters the whole movement dynamic of her upper body.
Ironically, the arm position imposed by the wearing of a single sleeve glove is similar to the arm position self-imposed by yoga practitioners executing the posture seated yoga mudra. There are actually several other of the classic yoga postures which are postures which bondage folks recreate with bonds, straps, clingfilm, string, harness and whatever else comes to hand. Whether or not this has anything to do with releasing mystical energy from chakras I cannot comment.
DO NOT be fooled into trying out some of the strappado positions - if you want dislocated shoulders or torn tendons, ligaments and muscles, this is an excellent way to go.
My advice, for what it is worth...
1) Some bondage harness manufacturers will make to measure, and if you are wanting to purchase a single sleeve glove in a particular colourway (red in your case), you might have to have one custom made anyway.
2) Go for a lace-up design rather than a zipper design. Lacing (much like a corset or a pair of shoes) allows for almost infinite adjustment in tightness. Also, a design with either two or three buckling straps horizontally around the sleeve - probably around the wrists, around the upper arms, and a third strap around the upper forearms - will allow for some of the strain to be taken off the eyelets when the sleeve is fully laced up.
3) Your partner shouldn't lace it up tight. Just "snug", so that your arms are held gently in place behind your back, hands together, palm-to-palm, fingers either straight or interlaced. There will be straps that go over your shoulders, across your chest, and back underneath your armpits to the back-side of the sleeve, holding it up (so that it doesn't just slip down your arms when you wriggle). These shouldn't be so tight that your shoulders rise up.
4) First few times you try out your single sleeve glove, only wear it for a few minutes, and give your partner feedback on your physical status.
5) If you know in advance that you are going to get wrapped up in your single sleeve, warm up your shoulders - again Yoga (and possibly Pilates) stretching exercises will probably come in useful.
6) A few links that might be of interest or assistance:
Discussion on singlesleeve gloves - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoglove
Simple stretching exercises - http://sparkpeople.com/resource/stretching_seated.asp
Simple (and advanced) Yoga exercises - http://www.yogabasics.com/asana/
Where I got the made-to-measure single-sleeve glove for my previous petite partner - www.top-to-bottom-leathers.co.uk
Hope this helps.
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