Suppose I’m hanging off monkey bars, my legs will fall asleep after a while. This was also seen in the movie “Sherlock Holmes” where Sherlock replicates a fake hanging, his legs begin to fall asleep after hanging for a while. Why is that? I mean you are still straight up, does the blood not circulate the same as when you’re feet are planted in the ground and you’re standing up?
In: Biology
(Not a doctor, so this may be wrong).
The calf muscles are involved in pumping blood. They are sometimes even called the “second heart”. I’d imagine that if you are not putting your weight on your legs, your calf muscles stop contracting, and so stop pumping blood around. The pooling of the blood in your legs and lower circulation makes the legs feel like they have gone to sleep.
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