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How to Identify and Fix Diastasis Recti
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Diastasis Recti What it is and how to fix it
Pregnancy and childbirth can change your body in many ways as your belly grows and hormones fluctuate. These two factors can also contribute to a condition called diastasis recti and change your body even after your new baby arrives.
While all women experience some abdominal muscle separation during pregnancy it is estimated that almost 40% of women have a severe separation known as diastasis recti at 6 months postpartum.
In recent years, diastasis recti has become a more well-known condition. It’s starting to get quite …show more content…
What is Diastasis Recti?
Diastasis Recti is separation of the abdominal muscles. It is a gap of 2.7 cm or more between the sides of the rectus abdominis muscle. The rectus abdominis muscles are the pair of muscles that run vertically on each side of the abdomen. In a very fit person, these muscles are highly visible and referred to as a “6 pack”.
During pregnancy the rectus abdominis muscles are stretched by the growing uterus. This condition is more common in women who have had multiple children because of the repeated stretching of the muscles, but it can also appear in women who have had one or two pregnancies.
Other factors that make a women more likely to developing diastasis recti during pregnancy are her age (pregnancy over the age of 35), a large baby, carrying multiple babies, as well as excessive abdominal exercising after the first trimester of pregnancy. (1)
Usually after pregnancy the muscle opening between the rectus abdominis muscles shrinks back over time. When it doesn’t, diastasis recti is the result.
Most women with diastasis recti notice that even after losing their baby weight and getting back into shape they still have a “baby bump” or “pooch”. This is because the abdominal muscles have not gone back
How to Identify and Fix Diastasis Recti
Wellness Mama 13 Comments This post contains affiliate links
Diastasis Recti What it is and how to fix it
Pregnancy and childbirth can change your body in many ways as your belly grows and hormones fluctuate. These two factors can also contribute to a condition called diastasis recti and change your body even after your new baby arrives.
While all women experience some abdominal muscle separation during pregnancy it is estimated that almost 40% of women have a severe separation known as diastasis recti at 6 months postpartum.
In recent years, diastasis recti has become a more well-known condition. It’s starting to get quite …show more content…
What is Diastasis Recti?
Diastasis Recti is separation of the abdominal muscles. It is a gap of 2.7 cm or more between the sides of the rectus abdominis muscle. The rectus abdominis muscles are the pair of muscles that run vertically on each side of the abdomen. In a very fit person, these muscles are highly visible and referred to as a “6 pack”.
During pregnancy the rectus abdominis muscles are stretched by the growing uterus. This condition is more common in women who have had multiple children because of the repeated stretching of the muscles, but it can also appear in women who have had one or two pregnancies.
Other factors that make a women more likely to developing diastasis recti during pregnancy are her age (pregnancy over the age of 35), a large baby, carrying multiple babies, as well as excessive abdominal exercising after the first trimester of pregnancy. (1)
Usually after pregnancy the muscle opening between the rectus abdominis muscles shrinks back over time. When it doesn’t, diastasis recti is the result.
Most women with diastasis recti notice that even after losing their baby weight and getting back into shape they still have a “baby bump” or “pooch”. This is because the abdominal muscles have not gone back