Diastasis Rehabilitation
Wow…I’ve certainly been tardy in keeping up with my blog. I can’t believe it’s almost the end of January, 2010!
Well some great news! I just got back from New York and took a pretty intense workshop on Diastasis Recti. Or as many more people know it; when the rectus abdominis splits or seperates during pregnancy. I thought I knew everything there was to know about this condition, but there was definitely more to learn!
For example, did you know that Diastasis Recti is not only limited to pregnant women? That men can also get this condition? Children too! How about the fact that it doesn’t self correct either – most people don’t know they have a seperation, thus making it alot more common than the stats that are available.
So what causes a diastasis? A forward forceful pressure on the weakest point of the linea alba; the belly button. This pressure can come from a growing uterus, a beer belly, pilates 100′s or crunches incorrectly. It’s these continuous movements or stresses that stretch the connective tissue (linea alba) seperating the rectus abdominis right down the midline. Some seperations are bigger than others, but only a small percentage of pregnant women don’t experience a seperation at all. Although most of the information available says a true diastasis has to be a 2 1/2 finger width or more, I ask you, then why do subsequent pregnancies make it worse? This is why women tend to show so much quicker the second time around.
Regardless, if you have a seperation, big or very small, it makes sense to me that you should avoid anything that could exacerbate the problem altogether. Focusing on core stability and isometric exercises in a seated, standing and supine position can not only close your Diastasis, but stop it from recurring. For more info on how you can close your seperation and have a flat tummy again, drop me an email!
Isometric exercises using the Tupler Technique is the only researched based program that has proven to close a diastasis in pregnant women! The missing link in strengthening the transverse abs (deepest ab muscle) is strengthening it in a seated position 1st before going to a back lying position. Strengthening the “core” means strengthening the transverse and if you cannot do this effectively, your abs are being pushed forward forecefully. No planks either because if your organs are not being supported, where do you think they are going?
Check out Diastasis Rehab (a.k.a Maternal Fitness) and you can buy her DVD with all the exercises. If you are in Canada, however, I believe you will have to buy it from me. My “buy” page is currently under construction so you will not see the DVD’s, splints or guidebooks up yet, but it will be there soon.
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so i’m having kind of a hard time finding excersizes about this kind of condition. I am mostly worried about exasterbating the issue by doing the wrong kinds of excercizes. Clearly this is something i want to rid myself of, and i do not want to compound the issue.
a little possibly relevant back ground…
111 kg/6’1 and currently working out at the gym about 2/3 times a week on a cardio/weight training routine. my diet is perhaps not the best, but it’s not the worst either, and i recently cut beer out of it (for a while anyways). any information you can pass along would be greatly appreciated.