A popped belly button and stretch marks aren’t the only changes your midsection goes through with a growing bump. After giving birth, you might have noticed that there’s a gap between the left and ...

Toward the end of your pregnancy or after giving birth, some women notice either an indentation or a bulge in the middle of their belly. This is likely a common condition known as diastasis recti.

After giving birth, it takes some time for certain body parts to return back to place. For many women, it could take several months to get rid of that stubborn belly bulge due to a condition called ...

If you’re dealing with the dreaded mummy tummy or postpartum pooch, you’re not alone. It’s often related to a common condition called diastasis recti, which can wreak havoc on a woman’s body during ...

Chances are, if you're not pregnant or haven't been pregnant before, 'diastasis recti' will mean very little to you. A term to describe the separation of the abdominal muscles during pregnancy, it's ...

Objective To examine the effect of exercise during the first year postpartum on pelvic floor disorders and diastasis recti abdominis. Design Systematic review with random effects meta-analysis. Data ...

After Riina Laaksonen welcomed her second child, her GP (wrongly) told her to return to her pre-pregnancy exercise routine - and she ended up injuring herself. Riina was unaware that she was suffering ...

Diastasis recti occurs when the top layer of your abdominal muscles stretches apart during pregnancy. When this happens, your belly can stick out or bulge, usually on and around the belly button. More ...

Exercise is recommended as the first-line intervention for the treatment of pelvic floor disorders, 13 14 sexual dysfunction 15 and diastasis recti abdominis. 16–18 However, the efficacy of exercise ...