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Every athlete with breasts knows the feeling: You’re sprinting the last 200 meters on the track, smashing a volley at the net, or jumping for a free throw. Your sports bra shifts out of place and your breasts/boobs uncomfortably bounce to-and-fro. This isn’t just annoying; it’s painful and it can ruin a workout or sideline you.
This dreaded experience is all too common: Up to 72 percent of women report breast pain when physically active. During one hour of slow running, breasts bounce an estimated 10,000 times—and the higher breasts bounce, the more pain results. A well-designed and supportive bra can reduce this breast displacement by sixty percent compared to wearing no bra. Yet relative to the millions of dollars invested in research and development to build the perfect running shoe, sports bras are often overlooked as performance tools.
Emerging research…
