Abdominal Separation / Learning to engage your core
Postpartum Stage 5 / Week 8 - 12
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22m
Diastisis Recti / Ab seperation is a common finding during pregnancy and after childbirth, in this video we discuss Ab seperation, how to measure the size of your gap, the basic steps in finding your core muscles and controlling movement and tips on how to progress exercises in a safe and effective way.
This video is ideal at any stage of the postnatal journey or if you're nearing your 6 week mark where we start to integrate core loading into our workout sessions.
If you're unsure whether youre doing the ab contractions correctly, or if you have any additional symptoms like pain or discomfort while exercising please contact your LMC/Physio who can guide you further.
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