What is Diastasis Recti? Diastasis Recti test and exercises to avoid
After giving birth, many moms are left with an abdominal pooch or bulge for months or years. This is sometimes due to some extra weight that isn’t lost postpartum, but it may also be due to the condition known as Diastasis Recti Abdominis (DRA) that many women don’t even know is a condition. In medical terms, a DRA is the separation between the two bellies of the rectus abdominis at the linea alba and this condition may occur with more than half of all pregnancies. When a woman is pregnant her abdominal wall expands and while most abdomens can stretch to accommodate these changes that occur during pregnancy others are damaged extensively. Related: PostPartum Exercise Recommendations: How, When & Why Exercise during pregnancy may help to decrease the presence and size of a DRA. The traditional determinant of the diagnosis of DRA is at least a 2-3 finger width or a 2.7 centimeters separation of the abdominal muscles. DRA does not spontaneously resolve for many postpartum