Diastasis : Myths and Misconceptions

The Little Black Dress of Women's Health

Join Peta and Rhea as they look at the latest evidence around Diastasis Recti, the separation of your abdominal muscle common in pregnancy. They will be discussing how society and the fitness industry has vilified this conditioned.
Topics covered include:

• is it safe to do sit up when pregnant
• is there one program or type of exercise that can heal a diastasis
• addressing the function for a diastasis in pregnancy and why it’s a good thing
• reviewing how the experts define a diastasis It’s time that both women and the fitness industry had clear and evidence based information around a Diastasis Recti.

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