If you're active during pregnancy, whether that's CrossFit, yoga, running, or just getting out of bed in the morning, you need to know about doming.
One of my students told me she was getting out of bed and her belly was making a weird shape. Like a dome or cone sticking up down the middle.
She asked me: "Is this normal?" No. It's not.
And here's why it matters: That dome is your body telling you the movement you're doing creates too much pressure for your core to handle right now.
And if you keep doing movements that cause this throughout your pregnancy, you're making your abdominal separation wider. Which means your postpartum recovery will be harder and longer.
But here's the good news: It's completely fixable.
You just need to know what to look for and how to modify.
In this week's podcast episode, I break down:
