Stress positions

Stress Positions, also known as submission positions, place the human body in such a way that a great amount of weight is placed on just one or two muscles. For example, a subject may be forced to stand on the balls of his feet, then squat so that his thighs are parallel to the ground. This creates an intense amount of pressure on the legs, leading first to pain and then muscle failure.

Sometimes, someone may be forced to remain in a stressful position by the use of bondage. Good examples are La Crapaudine and elbow bondage with the elbows pressed close together and the shoulders thus forced backward. If padded straps rather than ropes are used, there will again be few or no visible marks.

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