How To Prevent Diastasis Recti Postpartum. Place your fingers right above your belly button. Your friend should receive medical clearance in order to start repairing her diastasis recti with exercise and once cleared she should start with gentle, beginner friendly abdominal exercises to strengthen her core.
Diastasis recti and constipation are very common and with the right information, can be very well managed and don’t have to be a big deal in the early postpartum period or beyond. The science is conclusive that the safest and most effective strategy for preventing diastasis is with consistent physical activity, weight management, and core strengthening exercises (including crunches) throughout a healthy pregnancy and postpartum. If you detect diastasis recti at 8 weeks postpartum chances are you will need targeted exercises to recover.
These exercises can make the condition worse.
The science is conclusive that the safest and most effective strategy for preventing diastasis is with consistent physical activity, weight management, and core strengthening exercises (including crunches) throughout a healthy pregnancy and postpartum. Diastasis recti is a separation in the rectus abdominis muscle. These corrective exercises are performed by pulling your abdominal muscles in rather than bulging them out, and require you to breathe properly in order to do this. Since becoming a pre/post natal fitness specialist, i have even more moves and exercises i am focusing on now in pregnancy!