Lindsey BomgrenCertified Personal Trainer | Founder of Nourish Move Love

Do you have Diastasis Recti?! Watch THIS to find out! #shorts #diastasisrecti #postpartum

26 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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Up to 66% of pregnant women develop diastasis recti, a separation of abdominal muscles. Avoid exercises that make your belly cone or dome outward. Instead, focus on activating your deep core muscles and modify movements if coning persists.

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Is this exercise safe for diastasis recti? So what is diastasis recti? It is the separation, as you can see here, of the right and left abdominal muscle. It occurs up to 66% of pregnant women in their third trimester, one of which being me. When people ask, is this exercise safe for Dr. I say, avoid exercises that cause coning or doming. That's what this is. You'll see my midsection coming to a point. That means I need to reset and be really intentional about how I'm using my core here, engaging my deep transverse abdominal muscles to avoid that coning or doming. Otherwise, I can reduce range of motion or find an alternative exercise that better suits my needs.