No, I am not talking about losing weight... I am talking about wearing a belt in general. Did you know that tight belts cause pinched nerves which then causes numbness in your leg (meralgia paresthetica)?
This past week I have noticed clients having really tight QL's (Quadratus Lumborum muscle) [lower back area or kidney area]... here's the low down on that... wearing a belt or having a tight pants on causes you to overflow your pants... the "overflow" muscles/fat tightens up when you sit in that position for a long period of time. This of course causes low back pain. I found a website that will show you how to stretch that area:
http://www.floota.com/QuadratusLumborumStretch1.html
That "overflow" will pinch muscles which in return pinch nerves. When that happens the condition is called meralgia paresthetica-- when you have numbness on the outer side of your thigh.
So before you tighten up your belt or try to squeeze into those pants... give your muscles a break and go for those elastic waist pants ;)
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