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Hanging upside down continuously pools blood in the brain

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Bats do it naturally, but human vascular systems hate it. Suspending oneself by the ankles indefinitely causes intense facial swelling, burst capillaries, and massive cranial pressure that is basically begging for an aneurysm.

Hanging upside down continuously pools blood in the brain
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