The hogtie is a method of tying the
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s together, rendering the subject immobile and helpless. Originally, it was applied to
pigs (hence the name) and other young four-legged animals.
Agriculture uses
The hogtie when used on
pigs and
cattle has it where three of the four limbs are tied together, as tying all four together is difficult and can result in harm to the animal.
Human uses
When performed on a human, a hogtie is any position that results in the arms and legs being bound, both tied behind the person and then connecting the hands and feet. The practice has been called
inhumane
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Typically, the person's feet are
restrained with
legcuffs or similar devices, and
handcuffed with the hands behind the back.
The feet are pulled behind the person, until the hands and feet can be connected.
(The head and neck are left free.
) The restrained person is then placed on the stomach, in a face-down
prone position, which decreases the risk of the restrained person kicking nearby people or objects, or hurting themselves by pounding their heads against nearby objects, but which also increases the risk of
positional restraint asphyxia (a restraint-specific form of
positional asphyxia).
Hogtying, also called the ''prone maximal restraint position'' or the ''hobble position'',
may make it somewhat more difficult for some people to breathe, especially after physical activity. Frequently, hog-tying has been performed on a person who has been violently resisting it.
Various mechanisms for sudden death while hogtied have been proposed, ranging from changes in chest movement from being handcuffed, to drug use, to pre-existing medical conditions such as obesity or
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, to police and medical personnel using their body weight to compress both the chest and abdomen in the process of applying the restraint devices.
Concerns about the restrained person dying have led to many US police departments discontinuing the practice of hogtying people.
See also
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Hogtie bondage, an erotic
BDSM practice.
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