Diastasis recti is a common postpartum condition where abdominal muscles separate. This can lead to core weakness and a ...

Pregnancy does some pretty incredible things to your body, but for many women, it can also leave you feeling a little unfamiliar in your own skin afterward. One of the most common changes is diastasis ...

Medically reviewed by Raynetta Samuels, PT, DPT, CLT Key Takeaways Physical therapy can help treat diastasis recti by ...

Diastasis recti is a condition where the ab muscles separate due to extreme pressure in the abdominal wall. Pregnancy and repeated heavy lifting are common causes of diastasis recti. Diastasis recti ...

A popped belly button and stretch marks aren’t the only changes your midsection goes through with a growing bump. After giving birth, you might have noticed that there’s a gap between the left and ...

Objective To examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis. Data ...

Background/aim Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is defined as a separation of the 2 muscle bellies of rectus abdominis. To date there is scant knowledge on prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of ...

After Riina Laaksonen welcomed her second child, her GP (wrongly) told her to return to her pre-pregnancy exercise routine - and she ended up injuring herself. Riina was unaware that she was suffering ...