How to lose your pregnancy weight & flatten your tummy | weight loss post pregnancy | postnatal exercises and postpartum exercises
Exercises to reduce Diastasis Recti are those which actively restore, repair & strengthen the deep muscles of your core & pelvic floor. If you have a diastasis recti gap of more than 2 finger widths, 6 weeks or more after your baby has been born, your core remains unstable & you'll struggle to get a stomach that lies flat :( until you correct it. (But don't worry even if it's a LOT … [Read more...]
How to reduce a diastasis is probably the question I am most often asked. A swollen or protruding pregnant- looking tummy is the bane of many moms' lives, especially when its still there many months after your baby has been born, & people keep asking when the next one is due... Not a great confidence-boosting moment in any mom's day :( A diastasis or Diastasis Recti, is a gap in your … [Read more...]
When it comes to losing your mummy tummy, baby belly, jelly belly, pooch, muffin top or whichever is your preferred affectionate name ;) there are a number of areas of confusion. A quick search on YouTube & Google produced the following: an exercise for diastasis recti which showed a pregnant woman doing oblique crunches; an eminent plastic surgeon stating categorically that a mummy … [Read more...]
Belly binding refers to using a splint or binder to reduce the appearance of your waist or to help pull a diastasis recti gap (or abdominal separation) together. What can it do & what can't it do? I got sent the link to a bizarre video a while ago, showing an eminent plastic surgeon displaying an interesting side line in corsetry. Apparently all you have to do is wear some latex underwear … [Read more...]
Postnatal core exercise, core strength, 'Fire the Core' (a favourite Pilates phrase), 'deep' abdominal muscles... Yada Yada. You are forgiven for being confused &/or wondering why you should care. And what's the difference between 'core exercise' & Pilates? Is there a difference, or is it a fancy name for the same thing? Well yes there is, but yes it sort of is... & sort of not. … [Read more...]
Testing for a diastasis recti in pregnancy is not necessary & whilst you can minimise its impact on your core muscles, you should not try to prevent repair a diastasis in pregnancy. I recently posted a video on the MuTu System YouTube channel showing you how to test for a diastasis recti (abdominal separation) following pregnancy - even a long time following pregnancy!). I wanted to write a … [Read more...]
Diastasis Recti symptoms & information can be confusing. A particular area that often causes concern is when your post pregnancy belly is not squidgy, or jelly-belly like, but rather hard & protruding, as if you were 5 months pregnant again :( Is this diastasis recti? Or could something else be causing it? This can be more confusing when the rest of your body is relatively lean or slim, … [Read more...]
Diastasis recti is without doubt a major culprit in the mummy tummy stakes. But make sure you don't overlook diet, excess fat storage & maybe a lack of motivation or a feeling of hopelessness about your situation too :( Here's some ideas & strategies that might help. If you have a post pregnancy belly which bulges or protrudes, & seems to form a cone shape when you get up from lying … [Read more...]
Repairing a Diastasis Recti or Postpartum Diastasis of the Rectus Abdominal Muscle Q. What IS Diastasis Recti? A: Diastasis Recti, also referred to as Divarication of the Recti or Rectus Distension, refers to a perfectly natural, very common, painless parting of the outermost abdominal muscle during late pregnancy. Quite simply, the rectus abdominis, or 6 pack muscle, separates to make room … [Read more...]
What exercises will work to close a Diastasis Recti or abdominal separation? Many commonly prescribed exercises (even a number of Pilates moves) will actually make a diastasis recti WORSE, so you need to be very careful when exercising with a diastasis. Cardio? A bit, to lose some extra flab maybe, but it won't address the root problem. Pilates? You could certainly borrow a few core & … [Read more...]
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