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What is Prickly Pear Sports?
Filling a niche in performance athletic apparel
Prickly Pear performance, athletic gear is made for active women who struggle with urinary stress incontinence. Prickly Pear shorts and leggings feature a mesh brief — just like those you see in most running shorts — with an absorbent gusset that’s soft next to sensitive skin, wicks moisture away from the body, and conceals urine leaks during athletic activity.
A whole new level of comfort & confidence is on the way. Prickly Pear Sports leggings and shorts are built to help you go the distance.
Finally, a way to take on those athletic challenges without worrying about drips, or leaks, or soggy spots. Whether your love is half-marathons, or hot yoga, or weightlifting, or aerial silks, Prickly Pear leggings and shorts have got you totally, beautifully, confidently covered.
How do the leggings and shorts work?
Our patented materials and design keeps you dry
Prickly Pear leggings and shorts have a comfortably-designed, beautifully-engineered internal gusset that whisks away leaks and keeps you dry while it keeps you moving. Layers of performance fabrics do the job of absorbing and holding leaks and keeping moisture away from your sensitive skin. They do all this while maintaining a flattering, comfortable, high-performance fit.
What is Stress Urinary Incontinence?
Just because no one talks about it doesn’t mean its not common
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) happens when physical movement or activity (running, coughing, lifting, laughing) puts pressure on your bladder causing you to leak urine. Although it most often affects post-menopausal women who’ve had kids, it can happen to women at any age. Urinary leakage affects up to 50% of us at some point during our lives. (That includes 45% of elite female athletes).
SUI is common, but it’s not normal. Consult a trusted healthcare professional to find out what’s causing your SUI and to come up with a treatment plan. In the meantime, SUI should not keep you from doing the activities you love! Yes, it is frustrating to have to duck into a port-a-potty during a run or sneak out of a yoga class to use the bathroom. Whether you are resuming training after a long stretch of career and family obligations, signing up for your first 5K, trying out cross fit or just planning a weekend walk with friends, Prickly Pear performance gear will help keep you active and in control.
Born to run
Layers of technical fabrics designed to keep you dry
Three layers of technical fabrics make the interior gusset comfortable, absorbent, and effective:
MOISTURE-WICKING TOP LAYER
Cottony, ultra-soft sports jersey with patented technology for efficient, one-way moisture wicking performance. Specially treated to effectively control bacteria that can cause unpleasant odors and discoloration.
ABSORBENT INNER LAYER
An innovative, super-absorbent hypoallergenic fabric engineered to rapidly capture and hold more moisture with its dimpled, pillow-soft surface. It’s thin, flexible and absorbs 10 times its weight, soaking up liquid 20 times faster than traditional absorbent fabrics.
DAMPNESS-BARRIER OUTER LAYER
2-layer waterproof and breathable fabric with 4-way stretch and a velvety, polyester outer face.
How they absorb
Holds a lot of liquid to keep you confident and dry
INTERNAL ABSORPTION LAYER
The patented fabric absorbs up to 40ml of liquid and holds on to it so there are no compression leaks. This absorption layer is sandwiched between an ultra-soft cottony fabric next to your skin, a moisture-wicking layer, and a waterproof/leakproof outer layer. There is a 4-way stretch tricot inner-brief that keeps everything snug and comfortable and securely in place. Prickly Pear leggings and shorts are fully machine wash and dryable.
What are people saying?
People are trying our gear, and loving it
See these leggings? They’re INCONTINENCE leggings! 🤯@pricklypearsports sent me this prototype for some feedback on the fit, and I must say, I’m very impressed with how comfortable and flattering they are!
DPT in Minneapolis I am thrilled that a company understands my secret shame and has created a beautiful, comfortable, highly-functional product to take care of it! I’m happily back to pilates class thanks to Prickly Pear.
Susan in BoulderI had been running half-marathons in double pads trying to keep leaks from sidelining me. Thank heavens Prickly Pear has made a product that let’s me compete again in comfort. These running shorts are a total game-changer!
Theresa in Washington DCPrickly Pear Logos
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