Could you ever contemplate the fact that your wallet could be the cause of your low back problems? A wallet is one accessory that is taken for granted and regardless of how uncomfortable your sitting posture in certain circumstances, your wallet remains in the same position.
1We turn wallets into file cabinets
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The big problem of wallets is the fact that many of us are prone to treating it like file cabinets where a huge amount of nonuseful items such as old receipts, credit slips, tickets and visiting cards are stuffed into wallets and forgotten about. That is one dangerous problem liable to create a muscle imbalance and possible nerve irritation too. Here are the main reasons why you should.
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2What happens when you sit on your wallet?
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When you sit on your wallet, the bulge remains on one side of your body. This raises that particular side which in turn hikes your pelvis to that side. This again makes your lumbar spine or low back side bend along with it. Your thoracic spine will try to counterbalance this by curving left so that your eyes are allowed to remain horizontal.
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3If side bending is allowed to continue, it leads to shortening of muscles
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If this situation or imbalance in the bodies back curvature is allowed to continue, it leads to the shortening of the right quadrates lumborum which is the deepest muscle in your abdomen also called the back muscle. In turn all other muscles on the right side like paraspinals, obliques, and transversus abdominis also become shortened making them function incorrectly.
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4Stress on muscles
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Ideally what happens is that besides the shortening of muscles. There is undue stress placed on your muscles at your right sacroiliac joint decreasing their ability to fire up when required.
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