Can you strength train and exercise while healing diastasis recti?

by Apr 19, 2018

This is a common question I’m asked! Can you continue or begin strength training or exercise while healing diastasis recti?

There can be fear around making things worse. Fear around the body not healing well, if you are to partake in fitness activities.

With my clients, we dive into strength training as a healing tool for diastasis recti. It’s not all breathing exercises, belly ‘pumping’, and basic core activation.

We lift weights. We load the body in a way that is appropriately challenging. The linea alba often needs this to respond and heal.

More on this below in the video!

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The next class will not open until late-2019.

How can you ensure you are strength training and exercise in ways that support and help diastasis recti heal?

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Jessie Mundell is mama-in-chief at JessieMundell.com, where she’s helped hundreds of moms feel strong, confident, and EMPOWERED in their bodies with fitness programs tailored to their prenatal and postnatal needs.

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