Why Tight Pants
Are A Health
Risk
Perhaps you’ve heard it said
before that wearing tight pants
can cause infertility in men…
maybe that’s why you don’t
wear tight pants. According to
an alleged scientific study ,
Swedish men in the 1970s were
found to have higher infertility
rates than men in surrounding
countries. After much detective
work, the scientists formulated
the “Swedish Tight Pants
Theory” postulating that the
higher incidence of wearing tight
pants in Sweden was to blame
for lower sperm counts.
Whether or not this study is
true, it is widely believed
(among doctors as well as
laypeople) that tight pants do in
fact damage the testicles and
can cause infertility or cancer.
But that’s not all. Wearing tight
pants is associated with a host
of negative consequences for
both men and women. For
starters, the same reason tight
pants causes infertility problems
in men (overheating of the
crotch area) can cause yeast
infections and urinary tract
infections in women.
According to Pravda , tight pants
also limit the mobility of hip
joints, cause stretching of joint
capsules, and negatively affect
the spine. A too-tight waist
constricts the abdominal area
filled with vital organs, causing
problems such as reduced
lymph flow from the pelvis,
improper immune system
function and poor circulation.
Wearing “low riders” or “hip
huggers” might result in
compression of nerves, which
leads to a burning and tingling
feeling in the legs. In 2003,
during the height of the hip
hugger trend, a Canadian doctor
wrote a letter to the Canadian
Medical Association Journal in
which he observed meralgia
paresthetica (a nerve disorder
similar to carpal tunnel)
occuring in the thighs of “three
mildly obese young women
between the ages of 22 and 35,
who had worn tight “low-rise”
trousers (also called
hiphuggers) over the previous 6
to 8 months.” Harvey at Bad
Example agrees, hip hugger
pants are just bad news. His
hilarious post describes people
who stuff themselves into
hiphuggers as sporting the
“muffin look.