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Does Your Bra hurt? is your breast in pain, are you risking breast or other cancer invading Your Body.

by: Mrs. I. Macdonald

One thought to ponder is about muscle. When you have a plaster cast on you lose muscle tone. This equates to what a bra does to you pectoral muscles. It cuts off blood flow therefore increases the chance of muscle waste. Have you wondered why weightlifters do not wear bras or need them? Does your bra hurt if so one thought is it could be to tight. This is one serious thought all medical staff and underwear designers need to address.

Is your breast in pain? For approximately 15 years, I suffered what is known a non clinical breast pain, a sore back and sometimes neck pain. I found over the past few years through my research that this mostly occurred the days I wore a bra and often taking a couple of days to recover. It did not matter whether the bra fit correctly, was expensive or cheap the pain still happened. I tried all sorts of things massage, acupuncture, diet, herbal, vitamin and mineral supplements, creams and more nothing seemed to work.

One day I clicked after not having a bra on for several weeks that my condition had improved, or so I thought until the next day I wore a bra again, it all flared up. I have put this theory to the test for 11 years and have not had a problem except for when I were a bra. I confirmed this with many doctors a number of times all stated that non clinical pain if not rectified can become clinical pain and could in turn lead to breast cancer.

Cancer is known by many people to take a life and there is ways to avoid the problem happening to you or your family and friends. It is known that cancer is caused by unfermented sugars in the body and also lack of oxygen to the cells. It helps to avoid the excess consumption of sugars and carbohydrates which are stored in the body as fat. Eat plenty of fibre, and oxygen producing vegetables, example broccoli, carrots and the like.

I have tested various shops including Bras and Things, David Jones, Myers and more all of these stores have supposed specialist people in the bra section. Each of these people stated that unless you get a proper fitting for your proper bra size, you lead to more than just an uncomfortable experience. They stated bras that do not fit correctly may cause injury to your health including numbness in your hands and fingers, but none asked is your breast in pain. They do everything to try to get you to utilise their services but alas after using them the bra left me in pain. I have found when you find a bra that fits right, like me, you also will feel and look better.

When I first needed to start wearing bras the letters and numbers on bras were confusing. The differences between A and AA? Are DD and E the same bra, but with different letters? Below you will find my simple process that actually is one of the easiest ways to figure out for yourself what your size is. Just get your cloth measuring tape and start measuring.

I quite often now go many a day without a bra in public and private. I have found it easier to manage the pain and I get fewer pimples in the areas that rub and my moles do not get as irritated.

Being that most times I make my own clothes, lingerie etc. due to my own specific needs, I developed the below calculation in 1990, to help with myself, friends and family in mind. Just because you get the measurements right for yourself below, this does not mean the manufacturer has made the item the correct size as they tend to make them a big or small version of the size.

Step One:

Wrap the tape around either the area just beneath your breasts or the top of the cleavage. You should pull the tape so that it is snug, but not too tight. Now, subtract five from your measurement. This number is your band size; remember that for later.

Step Two:

Move the tape upward so that it covers the fullest WIDTH of your bust. Make sure that the tape is a little loose around your body. Check out your measurement. If you do not get a whole number, round it up. Now, subtract your band size from this.

Step Three:

Measure from the center top of your shoulder (where the strap normally sits) to the center of the nipple. Subtract the result of step 2 from this.

Step Four:

Now you have your cup size. Your number corresponds to the bra industries sizes like this:

AA = less than one inch
A = one inch
B = two inches
C = three inches
D = four inches
E (or DD) = five inches
F (or DDD) = six inches

Example:
Step 1 result; My band measurement is 36 inch - 5 inch = 31 Step 2 result; My width = 40.5 inch rounded to 41 inch - 31 = 10 Step 3 result; My strap length = 13 - 10 = 3 inch This gives c in step 4

Is your breast in pain? I hope this helps to remove the frustration of the sizing of bras which is one of the many problems women face when purchasing.

About The Author

Mrs. I. Macdonald is as you can tell a woman who tries to help by giving valuable tips, advice and other solutions on health amongst other topics from the point of view of the average woman.

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