What is ab separation (Rectus Diastasis)?
How do you/can you prevent it from happening?
Is ab separation during pregnancy normal?
How do you know if you have it, key signs and symptoms to look for?
How common is ab separation?
Whats a 'normal' ab separation?
Learn how you can test yourself for ab separation (RD)
Does it come back together after childbirth?
Who can you see if you want help with ab separation?
How can you improve or 'fix' it? Mags runs us through her current postpartum healing journey for ab separation.
We get controversial with what we are trained and told about rectus diastasis and what research shows...to isolate or to load.
Do we really need to know if we have ab separation?
Should or shouldn't we be be doing crunches and sit ups? mags had a little 6yr old visitor hanging off her shoulder in this part so she gets a little flustered and annoyed but hides it so well :)
We talk about the inner core unit and how to actually move to help ab separation
What can you do to prevent making things worse?
What surgery for ab separation can look like if you want to go down that route.
For questions or comments, please email us at realtalkformums@gmail.com - we would LOVE to hear from you xx
Useful links:
SRC support shorts - https://srchealth.com/collections/pregnancy
Cheaper support versions - Emamaco (Lara and Mags have these) - https://www.emamaco.com.au/collections/recovery-shorts
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