3 Strategies To Healing Your Diastasis Recti
During pregnancy, your body needs to adapt to your growing baby so the abdominal muscles will begin to move away from the midline of your core. This is known as diastasis rectus abdominis (DRA). This is made possible thanks to the connective tissue called the Linea Alba. To learn more about DRA, click here Your body is pretty incredible when you think about it. It makes all of these changes to support a pregnancy. With that being said, your Linea Alba loses tension and post-
What A New Mom Needs to Know About Diastasis Recti (Aka Ab Separation)
Alright, you’ve had a baby and have discovered that your abs have separated. Yep, I know this feeling and didn’t learn anything about diastasis recti until the day before my second pregnancy, 3.5 years after my first. I like many new moms, wanted to drop the baby weight ASAP!! Only I wasn’t losing it fast enough. You see, my expectation was that because I was fit before and during my pregnancy, I would leave the hospital looking the way I did before pregnancy--nope!!! So,
5 Top Fitness Questions Asked By You
Every once in a 4 years ago, when my son was born, I returned to exercise and didn’t have access to any of the information that I’m going to tell you. I went back to my regular routine without rehabbing or retraining and possibly did myself more harm than good--I say possibly because I didn’t learn about the importance of diastasis recti or pelvic floor dysfunctions back then. I did things differently during and after my second pregnancy. Since starting Mom’s Fitness Boutiqu
Did You Know Abs Can Separate? Mine Did!
Many women are concerned about ab separation (diastasis recti) so I decided to share a little something with you. I have diastasis recti and you probably do to. But it's not be that big of a deal. Here's Why According to a small study, 100% of women will have some degree of diastase recti by the 35th week of pregnancy. (Mota et al 2014) After 2 pregnancies and a laparoscopic surgery, my abs have separated. But this is what I need you to know. I didn't know that my abs could
