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[[Image:elbow_bondage1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Holding the elbows touching is a stress position.]]
A '''stress position''' is a body position that puts stress on a relatively small part of the body.  Maintaining such a position for a long period of time can lead to severe [[pain]] in that part of the body.  Thus forcing a [[captive]] to adopt one of these positions may amount to [[torture]], with the advantage for the [[captor]] that it leads to few or no visible marks.

Sometimes, someone may be forced to remain in a stress 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 [[strap]]s rather than [[rope]]s are used, there will again be few or no visible marks.

== See also ==
* [[Elbow bondage]]
* [[La Crapaudine]]
* [[Pretzel hogtie]]
* [[Torture]]

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