LOWER BACK PAIN?

MAY  BE YOUR WALLET 

IS  THE CHIEF SUSPECT

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Wallets are causing  men unbearable pain and it has nothing to do with a lack of cash. 

Physiotherapists  say they have seen a surge in the  number of men complaining of lower back  pain and the lowly wallet is their  chief suspect. 

Experts  say men who sit  down with their wallets  in their back trouser  pocket risk damaging  key nerves. 

Men  who drive with their  wallet stuffed into  their back trouser pocket  appear to be most  at risk.

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The condition  is from sciatic neuropathy, since it affects the sciatic nerve. But it's becoming so common that it has even been given other names -- hip-pocket syndrome or wallet neuropathy. 

of the  piriformis, a short, thick, pear-shaped muscle  that runs from your sacrum, the lower  part of your pelvic bone, to the  head of your femur, or upper thigh  bone. You use this muscle when you extend your hip or rotate it outward. In most people, the sciatic nerve cord runs near this muscle. 

sciatica  is piriformis syndrome, so called because of the involvement 

Sciatic  nerve

(damaged) 

Knee

weakened

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Treatment

Treatment  is aimed at maximizing  mobility and independence.  The cause of the  nerve dysfunction should  be identified and treated  as appropriate. In some  cases, no treatment  is required. Exercise  and physical therapy  is introduced into the  treatment regime. 

References:  BBC News/ Med.on line 

Prevention

Prevention  varies depending on  the cause of the  nerve damage. Avoid  prolonged sitting or  lying with pressure  on the buttocks, and  exercise.

Or… …the safest way… …Keep your wallet in safe hands… with your wife’s!

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Do  1-2 minutes for each  style daily 

Exercise  and your back 

• Pelvic  tilt
• 2. Knee to chest

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• Lumbar  rotation
• 4. Hump and hollow

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• Lumbar  rotation
• 6. Trunk extension, prone

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• Bridging
• 6. Wall squat

Harweel  Cluster Phase 2 Facilities

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HSE:  Health Awareness Campaign 

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• Lumbar  rotation
• 10. Partial sit-up
• 11. Rotational sit-up

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Petrofac  Job No.: JI-182

HSE:  Health Awareness Campaign 

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