and gastro intestinal diescorders.
So many people have ths condition and just don't know it.
Why?
Because they are never checked for it.
Diastasis recti does not only affect women who have had a baby.
Pregnancy is not the only cause of diastasis.
There are many causes of diastasis.
Although pregnancy and childbirth do make the condition worse.
Diastasis can affect anyone.
Women who have not had a baby, men and children.
Other causes are exercing wrong, having surgery where the inject your belly with air and just
gaining weight in the abdominal area.
The great news is that It is never to late to close a diastasis no matter how you got
it or how long you have had it.
Once you know you have it you should treat it right away.
Understand that it gets larger as you age, with each pregnancy and if you exercise incorrectly.
The larger the diastasis the the longer it will take to close.
The larger your diastasis the worse your side effects from a diastasis become.
Treating diastasis recti is all about healing the weak and stretched out connective tissue.
Healing the connective tissue is what brings the separated muscles together.
My Tupler Technique® Program is both research and evidnece based.
The program is 4 steps.
The philosophy of the program boils down to three things:
1.
Repositioning both the connective tissue and the muscles by wearing the Diastasis Rehab
Splint.
Continuously wearing a splint takes the stretch off the stretched out connective tissue and
keeping it in a narrow position.
It is the same concept of healing a broken bone.
You must wear the cast all the time so the two ends of the bone will fuse together.
Positioning of the muscles is just as important as positioning of the connective tissue.
In order for the muscles to move in the right direction, front to back they must be close
together.
If you have a diastasis of 4 fingers or more, when you engage the muscles they will move
sideways.
A sideways movement will not strengthen the muscles it will stretch the connective tissue.
To strengthen a muscle it must get shorter and that is the front to back movement.
Double splinting istarted in week 4 of my program when tva stregnth and awareness has
been established.
which is wearing one or two splints and holding another splint.
The one you hold can be a scarf or the arms of your jacket or sweater.
This is started in week 4 of the program after abdominal strengthn and awareness has been
established.
In week 4 of the program we also start taping the belly above and below the belly
button with our TogetherTape We preapre the skin with my Corrective Connective itssue
cream.
This cream also has ingredients that nourish the connective tissue.
2.
Protect the "stretched out" connective tissue from getting stretched forwards or sideways.
Preventing the forwards movement is the awareness to hold
the tVA ( innermost or core muscle) in before you move.
You use your transverse with every move you make and every breath you take.
So if you don't engage it it will be moving forward
putting force on the connective tissue, stretching it and not allowing it to heal.
An abdominal facing down position also causes this forward stretching.
Preventing a sideways stretch are caused by movements that flare your ribs when you arch
your back or a forward crossover movements with your upper body.
3.
Strengthening both the abdominal muscles and the connective tissue.
Once the muscles are close together and the connective tissue is in a narrow position,
the seated Tupler Technique® exercises put tension on the connective tissue.
This backwards tension is what strengthens the connective tissue.
The program progresses over 18 weeks.
You may not close your diastasis in 18 weeks.
How long it takes depends on the severity of your diastasis and your committment to
all 4 steps of the program.
During the first six weeks it is important to
allow the connective tissue to heal and your start developing transverse strength and awareness.
So no exercise classes or sporting activities.
Just walking outside or on a treadmil, upright sstationar bike or eliptical machine.
In week 6 once you have TVA strenth and awarness you learn how to incorporate the Tupler Technique®
into an exercise routine so it is diastasis safe.
Please take before photos of your belly from front and side to motivate you in sticking
with the program.
Many people do the program on their own with the products.
Please read our Belly Blog and our FaQ page.
You can also email us. .