A Breast Support Intervention for Women With Breast Pain

Inclusion criteria

• Female, aged 18 years of age and above.
• Experiencing breast pain of any severity.
• Participants must be able to speak and read English fluently
• Participants must be a resident within the local area and not planning to move out of the area within the study timeline
• Participant must have attended the Queen Alexandra (QA) hospital for an assessment of their breast pain.
• Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the study.
• Participant is self-reported to be between a 34 and 40 under band size and a DD to G bra cup size.
• Able to walk on a treadmill for up to two minutes unaided and be able to walk unaided up and down a small set of steps (assessed verbally by the clinicians at QA hospital)
• Participants must be able to comply with the study procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Participants are receiving any additional treatment for their breast pain that is not part of standard care (recommendation for a bra fit, topical ibuprofen, breast pain leaflet) including any cancer treatment
• Participants have had any surgery to the breasts within the last year
• Participants are currently pregnant or have been pregnant or breast fed in the past year
• Planning to undertake any activities or lifestyle changes which may affect their levels of breast pain e.g. trying for a baby, changing oral contraceptive, having breast surgery.
• Participant's data will be excluded from the analysis if they do not complete either survey at four or eight weeks (at least one follow up survey needs to be completed).