Physical therapy can help treat diastasis recti by strengthening your abdominal muscles. You should avoid activities that add strain to separated abdominal muscles to prevent worsening the condition.

August 9, 2017 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google The post-birth belly bulge is common—diastasis recti (DR), the medical term for the separation of the abdominal ...

The most common symptoms of diastasis recti is a bulge in your stomach and lower back pain. A physical therapist who specializes in postpartum recovery can recommend exercises to help relieve symptoms ...

Studio 512 met with Christina McGee PT, DPT, a pelvic floor physical therapist with Sullivan Physical Therapy to discuss safe recovery following childbirth. She talked to us about the importance of ...

Your core is the center of a strong, powerful you. But, as any woman who hasn’t been able to see her toes past her baby bump can attest, pregnancy does a number on the core — specifically, through ...

Your post-pregnancy belly bulge is also called “Diastasis recti”. It simply means your abdominal muscles have separated down the middle. During pregnancy, your growing baby stretches the tummy, and ...

Your body has many ways of surprising you — and pregnancy can give you the most surprises of all! Weight gain, a sore lower back, billowing breasts, and skin color changes are all par for the ...

Last week, NPR had a story that garnered a huge response from listeners and Shots readers. The story was on a medical condition that causes a soft, bulging belly, sometimes referred to as "mommy pooch ...

If you’ve never had kids, it’s easy to assume that with plenty of crunches and a healthy diet, your belly will eventually go back to normal after you give birth. After all, plenty of women have babies ...

Maintaining a strong core is important for both men and women. Keeping a healthy core is particularly challenging for women who've gone through a pregnancy and experienced diastasis recti, also known ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - As many as three out of five women have it, but many of them don't even know it. It's a condition called Diastasis Recti Abdominis. Some people call it "mommy belly" or "mommy ...

Sarah Tar knew something was wrong when, at four weeks postpartum, she fell back into her usual workout routine and was shedding the pregnancy weight everywhere — except her stomach. No matter how ...