Boob Science

I was wasting some time yesterday morning and found a few crazy stories in the world of science and nature. One story in particular caught my eye: "Bouncing Breasts Bring on Science Challenge." Okay, there is something inherently funny about this title. Why is that? Because men have been joking about breasts since they were first weaned and women have tried their best to join along? That is one theory but I don't want to go into it. Let's just think of it this way, by relegating the fact of bouncing boobs to silly twitters and bad jokes, we may have overlooked a real problem for women.

According to this report, University of Portsmouth scientist, Dr. Joanna Scurr, discovered that when a woman is jogging or basically moving, they bounce much more than earlier estimates and "50 percent of women experience pain when exercising, regardless of breast size."

So, something most of us realized long ago-that sports bras just don't work well enough- is being supported by scientific measurement (is there a pun in there?). Another case where pain has no place in sports.

Dr. Scurr would like to help one particular group of women who are often overlooked; military women. Portsmouth's online paper The News reported Dr. Scurr's intention to work with the military on this vital piece of equipment. She said, "We would like to establish military-issued bras that would be task-specific because walking and running creates different breast movement to jumping or horse riding. It's something we've brought to the attention of the military but we haven't started the project yet."