Diastasis Recti: exercises and FREE App

Welcome to the Buff Body blog. Eager to get your pre-baby body back? Get rid of that mummy tummy? In this article, we reveal the best exercises you can do yourself to get back in shape. Before you do a single crunch, read this article to get started with safe exercises you can do to help heal diastasis recti.

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Rectus diastasis is a condition in which the two sides of the straight abdominal muscles are separated by stretching of the tissue connecting them. This usually happens to women during and after pregnancy due to the stretching of the abdominal wall as the uterus expands.

Diastasis Recti - What is it exactly?

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Saying goodbye to your mummy tummy!

I gave birth a year ago and I still have a diastasis of about 3 centimetres. I know I am not allowed to exercise my straight abdominal muscles, but is that true for the rest of my life? What core exercises can I do?

These are questions we get a lot! So let’s get things organized and answer

There is a lot of confusion about it and it is a little-discussed problem that many women suffer from. In order to give you a good answer, we need to take a look at the anatomy of the abdominal wall.

Diastasis Recti: the core

We often refer to the muscles that support the abdominal wall as the 'core'. These consist of the (oblique) abdominal muscles, the back muscles and the pelvic floor muscles. We can think of these as different players on the same team.

The abdominal muscles take the brunt of the load during pregnancy. The tendon plate (the white line running down the middle of the abdominal muscle) becomes softer during pregnancy and can be stretched considerably by the expansion of the abdomen. This is what you experience as a 3 centimetre 'gap' in the middle of the abdominal muscle.

In most cases, the muscle and the tendon plate recover within the first three months after pregnancy, but it is important not to put any active strain on it in the first few weeks. If tensile forces are put on the tendon plate while it is still weak, it may weaken further.

Taping the abdominal muscles

You can also relieve the strain on the straight abdominal muscle very well by using Kinesio tape. This brings the ends of the diastasis closer together and reduces the pulling force enormously. This can also have a very beneficial effect on recovery.

Watch our video below to get started with exercises today!

FREE Diastasis Recti Fix exercises - VIDEO

Transcript - Diastasis Recti: The App

Hi, guys, welcome to Buff Body. My name is Dieter, and I'm thrilled to show you our new app today. Now, a diastasis recti is a very common but overlooked condition that really millions of people suffer from. Mostly women after pregnancy, where the internal pressure has been pushing the abdominal so far out that they have been split apart.

But it also can occur from birth already, where men and women see that they have a clear split in their abdominals. Now, you can typically see that when you crunch up from a lying down position to a seated position and your abdominals dome out, it looks more like you have a rooftop on top of your belly than having a flat or slightly rounded belly.

Often overlooked

Now, the diastasis recti is a very overlooked condition. Perhaps you don't know that you have it. You don't know why your belly looks the way it looks, why you can get rid of that stubborn mommy tummy, why you have that nagging lower back pain. Maybe you've been doing crunches and other abdominal exercises that actually made the condition worse and created more pain.

A lot of people are being pushed towards the surgery, but there is finally a non-invasive solution that you can do from home, which is our app.

We've been testing these exercise protocols for a long time now with our members, and we've got a lot of success stories of people that have been significantly close to getting between their abdominals, got rid of their back pain. They regain control over their core to be able to pick up their kids again, play sports, pedal boxing even wall claiming to live your life as before in a pain-free way, become healthy and happy again.

Personal coach app

Now, finally, we brought our exercise protocol and all the information you need together in one. It's a personal trainer, in your pocket, designed specifically for Diastasis Recti. It's a smart app that tracks your progress and adapts your exercise based on your performance in the previous workout. It runs an initial test. So whether you're a fresh mom or you've been training for years, you will always start at the right difficulty level for you. It also has a video library with all the info you need. What is it like is Diastasis recti? How can you tell if you have it?

And how severe is it and why you should fix it? If you have a diastasis recti, this app is for you. Check all the info in the description below and download the app for free. Or first, check our other video where we explain why it's so important to solve your diastasis recti.