A lot of mothers ask me time to time about abdominal separation post baby. This gap between your tummy muscles is known as Diastasis Recti or DA. This is a medical issue that must be addressed depending on the level of severity. The best workouts to heal this are
1. Lay on your back on the floor with your knees bent, bottoms of your feet flat on the ground.
2. Place one hand on your abdomen with the tips of your fingers across your belly button.
3. Now, place your fingertips on your stomach, along the “imaginary line” that separates the two halves of your abdominal muscles. (make sure your belly is relaxed and not flexed)
4. Next, you are going to complete a crunch movement, curling your upper body towards your knees (make sure your back is level on the ground).
5. Move the tips of your fingers along the separation line and feel for any gaps in between the two halves of your abdominal muscles.
*If you experience a gap in between your abdominal muscles of 2 to 2 1/2 finger widths, then you have Diastasis Recti. Anything under two finger widths is usually considered mild and should heal on its own.
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