Everything You Need To Know If You're Considering Going Braless For The Next Few Months

Prevent back pain by:

1. Stretching & activating muscles through yoga poses, floor-based breathing exercises and the usage of resistant bands.
2. Applying heat to stimulate blood flow to postural muscles.
3. Changing your pillows.

Breasts are made up of fat, glandular & adipose tissues, with only the skin and the ligaments supporting them. The full breast support provided by bras (while in motion or staganant) provides comfort and allows to relieve back pain.

1. Band – 80% of the support comes from the back band, therefore it must feel firm & not tight.
2. Wires – ensure the wires are sitting away from the breast tissue and on the rib cage.
3. Cups – ensure that the cup encompass the whole bust (no overspilling/gaping).
4. Straps – should sit comfortably on your shoulders (not digging in or slipping off).
5. Comfort – If you feel uncomfortable in a bra, a different style/shape may be better.

There’s no evidence that breast sagging is caused by not wearing a bra. Instead, there are a lot of biological and genetic factors that increases/decreases the likelihood of breast sagging.

Wearing an underwired bra all day and all night is not recommended. Instead, sleeping in a non-wired bra is more comfortable and it still provides support. Flexible wires & wires that have padded casing around them will also feel more comfortable.

It is also important to ensure that the underwire is resting on your ribcage. The best way to check this is by gently pressing against the wire – if the wire bounces back, it is sitting on tissue, not the rib cage.