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Christina Nikki Bergen | PILATES + PELVIC HEALTH
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3 factors we cannot control when it comes to developing more severe diastasis recti in pregnancy.... NOTE: Diastasis recti is normal and adaptive as the abdominal wall stretches for baby, BUT some people get more severe diastasis requiring prolonged rehab postpartum. Here are a few factors outside of our control (will cover what we CAN control in tomorrow's reel!) 1️⃣ TORSO LENGTH: Anecdotally, over the past 10 years I have noticed women with a shorter waist who have with less space between their bottom rib and pelvis, tend to develop more severe diastasis recti. They also tend to show sooner in their pregnancy because baby has less vertical room to grow and needs to protrude further out. 2️⃣MULTIPLES: Anyone expecting more than one baby is more likely to develop more severe DRA because they have more pressure to manage. 3️⃣ GESTATIONAL DIABETES: your tissue is in a more inflamed state if you’re coping with gestational diabetes, making the fascia less resilient to the stretch and pressure of growing baby (acknowledging GD has both modifiable and non modifiable risk factors.) Note: We need more research! The risk factors for DRA have not been clearly defined. The notes above are supported in some research but also clinical observations my team and I have seen over the last decade + of training this population. Numbers of pregnancies, size of babies and diabetes are the most plausible risk factors, but further studies are needed! Next reel I’ll cover things we CAN control to reduce the probability of developing more severe DRA in pregnancy. Do any of these points surprise you? Let me know below! ⤵️ #diastasisrecti #pregnancyworkout #prenatalfitness #thebellemethod #gestationaldiabetes #obstetrics #diastasisrectirepair #postnatalfitness #abrehab