There is a lot of social media coverage on Diastasis Recti but what exactly is it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During pregnancy the abdominal muscles stretch in order to allow the baby to grow. The Linea Alba, which is a line of connective tissue that runs down the middle of the abdomen wall, also stretches. This \u201cstretching\u201d of the Linea Alba is called a Diastasis Recti (DrA)<\/strong>. This is a natural occurrence for 99% of pregnant women by the time they enter their third trimester. After having the baby, often the abdominal wall returns to normal within approximately 6 weeks. However, for some this \u201cstretch\u201d may persist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Current Physiotherapy practice has shown that there may be many aspects that affect the closure or not of a Diastasis Recti. These may range from abdominal muscle activation and breathing patterns, to posture and good old genetics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is why Women\u2019s Health Physiotherapists assess each person as a whole and design DrA rehabilitation programs specifically to help each woman heal the way her body needs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This is fantastic for enabling mums to both thrive during pregnancy as well as get back to the sports and activities that they love afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9144,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"class_list":["post-9248","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n