Plus, high heels throw your weight forward, which in turn may cause you to flex forward at the hips; this is your body’s way of staying upright. The problem is this is also the pelvic movement that stretches the hamstrings in back. Because the sciatic nerve runs down along the same route as the hamstrings, this chronically stretched position may also stretch (and irritate) your sciatica.
Orly Avitzur, M.D. specializes in neurology. In an article for Consumer Reports entitled “Cell-phone sciatica is a pain in the butt” says: “Cell-phone sciatica can now join several related nerve compression syndromes, including wallet sciatica, credit-card sciatica, and back-pocket sciatica.”
“Pressing any hard object against the derrière, home of the sciatic nerve, is a bad idea,” she adds.
When explaining sciatica, Sarno asserts that rather than nerve damage in the low back, the brain deprives the nerves of oxygen (in a mild way,) which results in the same symptoms. These are, of course, pain down your leg, weakness, and other electrical sensations.
Perhaps it’s time for some sweats.
And ladies, when it comes to underwear, maybe thong style is the way to go.
