As doctors of chiropractic and applied kinesiologist, we have seen thousands of patients who come to us complaining of back pain and a frequent cause of their pain is their wallets. Let me explain...

The pelvis is the lower most structure of the spine. I describe the pelvis as the foundation of the house with the head neck and shoulders representing the second floor. Just imagine the far reaching affects a crooked foundation can have on a house. If your pelvis is not aligned properly it can easily affect your hips, low back and even your neck.

By wearing your wallet in your back pocket while sitting on it all day, the balance on your pelvis and low back can be affected. A slight change in the position of the pelvic bones will cause a stretching of tissues on one side of the body, while the opposite side is shortened and contracted. It doesn't take long for these subtle changes to affect the body. If you sit on your wallet 8-10 hours a day eventually the body's ability to reverse these changes is diminished and when you stand up the imbalance that was created by the wallet when you were sitting remains. Now, you are walking around with an imbalance in your pelvis, which in turn changes the way your entire spine and you whole body functions. Because the pelvis's biomechanics must adapt to the change in balance, the rest of the body must compensate as well. Until this imbalance is corrected it will continue to wreak havoc in your body.

Eventually pain will develop; it is not a question of if, just a matter of when. So to avoid the effects that wearing a wallet in you back pocket can cause put your wallet in your front pocket!