Can Tight Jeans Cause Leg Pain

I read your column today about the senior lady who had burning pain in her hips and throbbing in her legs at night.

Can tight jeans cause leg pain. Kate Moss right is a fan of the skinny jeans but compressing the. Wearing super tight jeans may cause this compression of the LFCN. Dont wear skinny jeans if youre going to do a lot of squatting or bending.

Wearing tight clothes can compress a sensory nerve called the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve that runs from the abdomen through the thigh. When irritated the symptoms include pain in the low back which may radiate to the leg on the same side again this may be called sciatica. Even when the muscles are released by removing or cutting off the jeans the discomfort can remain for days on end limiting movement and dulling feeling in the legs.

Tight clothing that pushes into the abdomen everything from jeans to belts and compression undergarments can be problematic particularly and especially when somebody overeats says Jamie. Obviously this is not available for most patients with leg pain. Usually the patient complains of tingling numbness and pain as well as sensitivity to touch in the area of the skin Figure 2 innervated by the nerve the outer part of the thigh.

Skinny jeans could be cause of hip pain. For others theyre an endless struggle taunting their owner with muffin top crotches that ride up and those weird leg creases caused by the seams pushing into your hip and thigh fat. The warm weather and standing can cause leg swelling and with tight pants on your calves can only expand so much leading to a build-up of pressure.

Its not comfy nor is it healthy. Testicular torsion heartburn and leg numbness are only some of the problems caused by too-tight pants. The compression can cause numbness tingling and a burning pain in the legs above the knees a condition called meralgia paresthetica also known as tingling thigh syndrome and now sometimes termed tight jean syndrome.

Nevertheless the remote possibility that skinny jeans can cause great bodily damage is appreciated by fans of baggy or mom jeans. They might not directly pinch the nerves in your legs. Boyle says one woman has described the symptoms of the condition caused by wearing super-tight skinny jeans as a floating sensation felt while walking accompanied by weakness and thigh pain.