SWM,
It will take a while before you are able to wrap with the correct tension and wear it for as much as three hours. However, if you can gently squeeze every once in a while, it may be ok.
Dance,
I had no problem with anything you wrote. I know where you are coming from. You ask good questions and come up with aspects that I miss.
vivace said he was becoming discolored which I assume means dark in color and therefore too much pressure. Then, he was talking about leaving it on for two hours. You cannot leave the wrap on with high pressure for a long time. This is the same as only doing an extreme Uli for ten minutes. You must have significant blood flow to leave it for hours.
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When you feel the pressure build up on the base side of the wrap, slowly slide the wrap TOWARD THE BASE.
Can you feel pressure building up on the base side of the wrap?
You will feel and see the blood go on the head side of the wrap. If it does not, then the wrap is too tight.
When you push the wrap toward the base, what happens?
Bigger