OMG! Are you getting ready for something?
If you bend your knees over your chest and try to spread your legs a little, eventually the metal digs into your skin.
At least in my case the chain on the band tightens and makes the belt dig deeper into the hips, and the truth is that my belt is already tight enough to add that.
The most I can do is slide something flat if I have a little itching, but only if it's very external because it's so tight that on the back of the shield I can't even reach the lips with the implement and since it's so tight neither I can move it to scratch myself.
You can walk well, more or less, as I told you I had a shorter chain each time and with the chain I manage well.
Despite the three days that I don't have to wear them, I really enjoy it.