Undoing & Unloading the damage of sitting: Wallet Neuritis by Dr. Tushar J. Palekar, Dr Rhucha Jadhav Rajapurkar (PT)

Men often keep their wallets in their back pockets, but seldom realise the potential postural alterations or conditions like Fat wallet syndrome which can occur as a consequence of prolonged sitting with a wallet kept in the back pocket.

Occupational sitting has been associated with an increased risk for developing low back pain. A study published by Lutz et al. in the year 2014 examined the effects of asymmetrical sitting surfaces induced by a wallet on acute changes in spine/pelvis posture, interface pressure, and discomfort which further concluded that compared to level sitting, sitting on a wallet resulted in greater sagittal and lateral spine flexion, a smaller total contact area with the seat pan, and greater gluteal discomfort. This study further established a relationship between wallet thickness and postural deviations which draws further inferences:

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