You are judged in olympic lifting by your ability to do a single rep max, so naturally that forms a significant part of training, though you don't have to do them at home if your wrists hurt too much!
OK - find a picture on the internet of a guy who has just finished the clean and is about to do the jerk. Check out the severe angle of his wrist to his forearm in order to have the bar resting on the front of his shoulders and chest.
Then, check out a picture of a guy in the bottom of the snatch position and note the angle of his knees which is well beyond parralell, with the hams touching the calves (considered absurdly dangerous in powerlifting, you never go below parrallel with heavy weights).
OL lifters use strong wrist straps and knee wraps to counter this, but seriously you need to be very well conditioned to complete lifts like that correctly and there will be plently of injuries throughout your career.
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