Stop Sitting On Your Wallet! It’s Slowly Destroying Your Spine!

It’s very common for a lot of men, as well as some women, to carry their wallet in one of their back pockets. It’s convenient, easy access, it fits perfectly and it’s typically always in the same pocket, so you know exactly where your wallet is at all times.

But there’s one pretty big problem with keeping your wallet there. When you sit down with your wallet in your back pocket it shifts your hips and your spine into abnormal positions as shown in the image above. Sitting like this for long periods of time starts to change the structural alignment of your pelvis and spine as the tendons and ligaments start to adapt to this abnormal position. This comes from a theory called ‘ligament creep’ which explains that ligaments will start to adapt to altered levels of stress after approximately 14–15 minutes. So, if you are seated on your wallet for 15+ minutes, your spinal ligaments actually start to change and become less effective at stabilizing the spine’s normal alignment. Without correcting the structure and altering the habits that caused the issue, chronic low back conditions can occur.

Problems like sciatica and functional scoliosis are seen as a result of sitting on your wallet. Sciatica, which is simply nerve pain that radiates down the leg, happens due to compression of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve runs through the pelvis directly underneath where the wallet commonly sits within the back pocket, and sitting on it will compress the nerve and cause irritation. Functional scoliosis develops over time as a result of altered spinal mechanics. This can be caused by any number of other problems like muscular imbalance, poor posture, or adaptation to injury.

The good news is that both of these issues are correctable through chiropractic treatments. Receiving treatment and consciously removing your wallet from your back pocket before sitting down will get you out of pain and feeling good again.

If this sounds relevant to you or someone you know, take this advice and give it a try. I’m confident you’ll see the improvement you’re looking for!

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