Wallet Sciatica Causing Your Lower Back Pain

Ever heard of Wallet Sciatica? Have you ever considered your lower back pain or sciatic nerve damage may be caused by your habit of putting your wallet in your back pocket. Well todays article looks at another cause of lower back pain and leg pain by wallet neuropathy or hip pocket syndrome.

Wallet sciatica is also sometimes referred to as hip-pocket syndrome, wallet neuritis, wallet neuropathy, fat wallet syndrome or credit carditis. The problem is really a lower back pain condition called piriformis syndrome.

Hip Pocket Syndrome

I know a few male patients who have somehow learnt the habit of just carrying their wallets in their back pockets. And yes some of these wallets are so fat I wonder how much they could weigh. But you should just see what some people keep in their wallets and purses by the photos they have posted in Flickr group below as well.

It is said that carrying your wallet in your back pocket is not good for the health of your lower back and spinal alignment.

You can watch the “hip pocket syndrome video” below by Austin, Texas chiropractor Jeff Echols. Jeff will show you how a keeping a wallet in the back pocket of your jeans or trousers can put pressure on your sciatic nerve and possibly help contribute to back aches and pains or that leg pain of sciatica.

There are some basic tips on how to stretch some of the muscles affected from having tight muscles around your hip and lower back area. I would suggest looking at the Figure of Four stretch to start or a Hip Hinge exercise.

Who would have thought that your credit status could be a pain in the bum, literally. So maybe it is time to consider really as Capital One credit cards say “What’s in your Wallet” and is it good for your spinal health.

Jeff mentions why maybe you should consider using a money clip instead of a wallet. If you think you suffer this problem of Wallet Sciatica or Hip Pocket Syndrome why not let me know in the comment section below.