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Diastasis Recti: Causes and Options
Written for someone deciding about their own abdomen rather than studying the subject. If you read only one, read the first, because a midline bulge has more than one contributor and naming the wrong one sends you to the wrong treatment.
All guides
10 guides
- Is It Diastasis Recti, or Just a Protruding Belly?Understanding
- Why the Gap Opens: Pregnancy, Pressure and Connective TissueCauses
- How the Gap Is Checked, Above and At the NavelAssessment
- Diastasis Recti or a Hernia? Signs That Need a DoctorRed flags
- The Ladder from Physiotherapy to Surgical RepairOptions
- What Physiotherapy Can Close, and What It CannotOptions
- Beyond Exercise: What the Other Options Do Not DoLimits
- Maintaining a Narrower Gap After TreatmentMaintenance
- When to Leave Diastasis Recti AloneDeciding
- What to Ask Before Anyone Repairs a Midline GapDeciding
Start with an assessment, not a decision
Arrange an assessment. We will examine the midline at rest and under load, say whether the gap explains the bulge you see, and set out what each option can and cannot change.