Most decision-makers in sport think girls and women would benefit from learning about sports bra design, fit and support. Less than 1% offer this education.
- Researcher and Senior Lecturer, University of Wollongong, APA Sports Physiotherapist, University of Wollongong
Many athletes playing in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup will likely suffer breast injury from play. Symptoms can last for weeks, harm performance and have long-term consequences.
This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the first bra patent. Amazingly for the time – 1914 – it was made by a woman in her twenties, Mary (Polly) Phelps Jacob (nee Crosby). Polly made her bra initially…
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