Ever thought that sitting on a bench with your wallet
in your back pockets would do harm to your spine?!?!........Yes it
does!.....Read on,
Most guys carry that half inch or so leather padding
in their hip pocket all the time. Obviously,
with a wallet tucked between your cheek and your chair, you’ve created an unlevelled
surface. After all, this matter of fact
is not a rocket science, but a common sense.
This is something which we are not focusing in our daily life but can
produce multiple problems in spine especially for those who have long sitting
hours. Your wallet can be real pain for
your back and the waist, and it can lead to shooting pains down the legs. Sitting on a wallet for prolonged hours every
day can compress sciatic nerve which passes beneath piriformis muscle and leads
to piriformis syndrome.
Piriformis Syndrome:
A neuromuscular disorder that occurs when the sciatic nerve (the largest
and widest single nerve in the human body that begins in the lower back and
runs through the buttock and down the lower limb) is compressed or otherwise
irritated by the piriformis muscle causing pain, tingling and numbness in the
buttocks and along the path of the sciatic nerve descending down the lower
thigh and into the leg. The syndrome may
be due to anatomical variations in the muscle-nerve relationship, or from
overuse or strain. [Source: Wikipedia]
The wallet acts
as a wedge that forces the pelvis, spine and body out of alignment. Anyone who drives more than a half hour
sitting on a wallet is a candidate for sciatica or back pain. The risk in this case is not a
life-threatening one. But you probably are increasing your chances of having a
bad back, or making a bad back even worse.
The healthiest option is to move the wallet to your front pocket. If it’s must to keep your wallet in your back
pocket, you should remove it before you sit (Not only wallet, but don’t sit
with anything in your back pocket).
