Meet Lisa, a mom of three with a 4-finger width diastasis (abdominal separation). Our core physical therapist performs a diastasis test and talks about how Lisa reduced her diastasis with specific core exercises. Video courtesy of the Moms Into Fitness Prenatal & Postnatal Instructor course.
Many moms experience postpartum body changes. One of these is an incredibly common condition called diastasis recti, which affects up to 45% of women six months postpartum. Diastasis recti abdominis is the separation of your abdominal muscles; it commonly occurs during pregnancy to make room for ...
PT’s specialize in the musculoskeletal system and how it has to ALL work together for efficient and pain free motion. Our bodies are REALLY good at compensating, and it is so helpful to have someone who is skilled in finding those compensations, correcting them and showing you how to keep them fr...
If you are following our programs, all workouts are already modified for you! There is no universal list of don’ts in the diastasis recti world. But because it is usually the intra- abdominal pressure that causes the recti muscles to have a bigger gap between them, our direction is to stay away f...
