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A method for providing a fluid line between the hand, wrist and forearm, includes steps of moving the hand and wrist in a straight and fluid line with the forearm thereby forming a natural line position, reaching for an object with the hand and allowing the elbow to follow the hand naturally, angling the hand and wrist sideways towards the forearm, thereby forming an angled wrist position, moving the wrist in the straight and fluid line position with the forearm, and placing the hand in the straight and fluid line over a keyboard. The method further comprises the steps of placing the hand on a keyboard and without typing, moving from a natural line position to an angled wrist position and then back again, and placing the fingers on the keys and with the arm and wrist in the natural line position, typing at a slow and gentle pace. The method further comprises the steps of dropping the hand down to the side of the body, angling the wrist upward and then letting the wrist slowly drop back in a downward position and relaxing so that the hand is relaxed, distinguishing between the strained feeling of holding the wrist up and a natural feeling of letting the wrist hang from the shoulder, placing the hand on the keyboard in a typing position, observing if there is any upward bend at the wrist, and raising or lowering the keyboard until the wrist feels completely relaxed. The method further comprises the steps of moving the elbow towards the side of the body in a pendulum motion, moving the elbow away from the side of the body in a pendulum motion, and reducing the movement until the elbow comes to a resting position, thereby allowing the hand and wrist to be in the natural fluid position. The method further comprises the steps of resting the right hand on a surface with the fingertips downwardly engaging the surface and the palm positioned above the table, allowing the weight of the arm to rest on the fingers until the fingers support the weight of the arm, moving the right elbow with the left hand and gently swinging the right elbow forward until the wrist rises and then allowing the wrist to return, and moving the fingers up and down while moving the elbow until the movement of the fingers requires the least effort.

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