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Women's sport: Why we need to talk about periods, breasts and injuries (www.bbc.com)

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Teams of scientists are researching the unique ways that elite sport affects the female body – how breasts alter the way you run, but the right sports bra could give you the edge; how the menstrual cycle could impact performance and what role period trackers could play; and why is there a higher risk of some injuries, and what can be done to avoid them?

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've always thought about the period thing. For some people the pain can be very debilitating.

I've always assume that they mostly use hormonal birth control to reduce or control it. But I really don't know.