Breast study for sporty women
The speed at which breasts move during exercise could be vital in understanding breast pain according to a leading expert.
Sports scientist Dr Joanna Scurr at the University of Portsmouth studied more than 100 women running on a treadmill with sensors attached to their breasts to study how much they wobbled.
Dr Scurr said that damage to breast tissue is more likely to be caused by the speed the breast moves at rather than the amount of movement.
It's estimated that over 50 percent of women have breast pain when exercising.
Dr Scurr’s latest study also discovered that breasts move as much during jogging as they do during sprinting. These breakthroughs could eventually lead to better sports bras being developed for women.