Now I have had the same bras for many years and recently in the last year I have started to feel irritation/pain in my rib areas.

I knew most likely that it was because that area of my body had gotten wider and so after a long while finally got my hands on bra extenders.

The extenders gave me the room I needed so that it would fit right, but still after wearing the bra for an hour or two my ribs started to hurt again!

My bras are not tight and I always have them on the last clip.

They do not have an underwire either.

I even went so far for the past few days at using a hair band. (Long story short: bra extender got lost in the void somewhere between taking the bra off and setting it down)

I used a hairband that gave much more give then the extended, maybe even twice as much.

There is a lot of room in my bra and I can easily slip my hands under it.

That said my ribs started to hurt AGAIN even with the slight hairband hack!

I don’t know what’s going on. Maybe my ribs have PTSD? Maybe they’re just being a drama queen?

When I don’t wear a bra nothing is wrong. And really I could get away with not wearing one most times if I’m wearing a baggy shirt.

So my question is basically, does anyone know what might be happening?

And does anyone have any possible tips or ideas for bra substitutes that might not cause this irritation?