Medically reviewed by Raynetta Samuels, PT, DPT, CLT Diastasis recti—or diastasis rectus abdominis, as it is known in medical ...

While it’s more common in women and more widely studied in women after pregnancy, plenty of men have diastasis recti — a longitudinal separation of the abdominal muscles. Many people with this ...

The best prevention and treatment for pregnant women is abdomen-strengthening exercise, with surgery reserved for those who ...

Background/aim Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA) is defined as a separation of the 2 muscle bellies of rectus abdominis. To date there is scant knowledge on prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of ...

More than half of women who give birth experience a condition called diastasis recti, yet many have never heard its name. This separation of abdominal muscles during pregnancy affects physical ...

If you’ve been diagnosed with diastasis recti, working Of course, this issue isn’t necessarily an aesthetic one. Many of us work out to feel good, not to look a certain way, and this issue can ...

Diastasis of the pubic symphysis is a well documented injury typically associated with high energy trauma. Three cases in horse riders are here described, emphasising the appropriate modern ...