Human nature is amazing, the connective tissue down the centre of the tummy muscles stretch to accommodate your baby.
After childbirth, the distance between the two sides of the muscles can remain increased but you can still have a functional and stable core that is able to maintain pressure when lifting, sneezing and coughing etc.
Diastasis can sound really scary once you start looking for information online and there’s a bit of an obsession about the gap down the middle of the six-pack.
But it’s absolutely normal to have a diastasis during the 4th trimester! Your body was just freeing up room for your little one, so please don’t be scared of any gap you may feel.
Watch the video and check your stomach along with me.
We use the gap to measure the distance between the two belly’s BUT you can have a gap and still have core stability!
THE IMPORTANT BIT IS THE TENSION IN THE MIDLINE – we can feel for this in the check.
If you have a softness and/or sinking in the midline then you want to work on making this area functional and stronger BEFORE heading back to running.
There is so much more to help strengthen your midline than just exercises, including healthy eating to nourish your healing body, hydration is SO important and releases to tight areas.
I’ve put together a FREE Guide on exercise after having your baby, this includes pelvic floor, core connection and all the strength building you need to prepare for running. You can grab it here >>> https://freebies.movewithmumma.co.uk/exerciseafterhavingyourbaby