A true but uncomplete assertion

It is often considered as safer to make numerous turns around the arm, the ankles or the wrists. BUT THIS IS NOT ENOUGH to lower the pressure applied by the rope. Indeed you must not neglect the friction in the evaluation of pressure. Reading these lines will help you to make your bondage safer. In this one-page study, we will try to quantify the transmission of the force along a rope surrounding a pole. You will see at the end of this development, that –in the case of significant friction– the transmitted strength is lost exponentially with number of turns while the pressure concentrates in the very first loops.

In order to achieve a uniform distribution of the strength you have first to make your tying perfect. i.e. you need to make your bondage rope look like the O link shown in introduction. It must be closed : Your knots must be perfectly tight.

Then you have to lower the friction as much as possible: chose a rope that slips well on the skin. Of course, the knots you are trying to tight will not hold if you chose a very slippery material like silk... The trade off is up to you, but fore safety reasons, please mind the first loop and release some pressure frome time to time!

Hopefully, there are some common sense solutions to distribute the pressure to all the turns: You will only need to slip your finger at the contact surface, between the skin and the rope. This will relax the most tightened loops and distribute the tension will be transmitted to the lose turns.

I also tend to use silk ropes but again, it may cause your whole bondage to untie due to unsufficient friction of the rope onto itself.