Most people think that wrist pain comes from a high repetition of unnatural movements, such as those that occur in the grocery store when moving items through the scanner at the checkout counter or those that spend all day typing on a keyboard. It’s not that those things aren’t problematic or cause carpal tunnel, research shows they are, but what people don’t realize is that there are many other things that cause hand and wrist pain. I’d like to tell you about one that you haven’t considered yet; that of a life art model, trying to hold a pose for a long period of time for a group of painters. Let’s talk.

Try this sometime; Sit on the floor and lean back, then turn your body slightly to the sides and straighten one arm, and then bring it in another 8 inches so that your elbow is bent. Next, take the movement of the hand and rotate it 120 degrees and spread the fingers on the hand. Then take a book in your other hand, place your thumb in the center of the book, and keep the pages open. Place your elbow on that arm facing forward and slightly tilt your hand back. Now hold that pose for 30 minutes. how does it make you feel?

I’m sure you can hold that pose just because this is challenging and you don’t want to look silly. But go ahead and keep it that way for another 30 minutes after taking a 10 minute break. Well now you know what it’s like to have hand and wrist pain as an art model of life. If you do these things every day, you will eventually have a real challenge, and yes, you will eventually adjust and your muscles will get stronger, but you will also have problems with your joints, wrists, and hands. You might think that being an art model of life is easy because you just sit there and earn money doing nothing.

Still, trust me, it is much more difficult. There are ergonomically ideal positions for sitting or lying down, and it is difficult to find a good posture that you can maintain for a long time without pain, fatigue or muscle cramps or aches afterward. Which is the answer? Start with the simplest postures, and as you improve, you can work through the more difficult postures without hurting yourself. Consider all of this and think about it.