SCIATICA (Pain in buttocks and/or down leg)How can a wallet provoke sciatica symptoms?Sciatica symptoms flare up when a portion of your sciatic nerve is pinched or irritated. While an underlying medical condition is typically the culprit, sitting on your wallet can aggravate your sciatic nerve—informally referred to as wallet sciatica—in several ways:Sitting with one hip elevated creates an imbalance in your spine, which in turn places stress on the lumbar discs near your sciatic nerve roots.An