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Diastasis recti can leave women with some frustrating side effects after birth, including core weakness and lower back pain, however, you don’t have to live with it forever.
Diastasis recti, or rectus abdominis diastasis, is an increased gap between the right and left rectus abdominis muscles. [1] The increased distance between the muscles is created by the stretching of the linea alba , a connective collagen sheath created by the aponeurosis insertions of the transverse abdominis , internal oblique , and external ...
Diastasis recti is common, and occurs more frequently as pregnancy progresses, up to and including labor. [35] Elevated BMI, multiparity (twins, triplets, etc.), and diabetes have been identified as risk factors. [36] Many cases of diastasis recti correct themselves after birth.
The linea alba (Latin for: white line) is a strong fibrous midline structure [1] of the anterior abdominal wall [2] situated between the two recti abdominis muscles (one on either side). The umbilicus (navel) is a defect in the linea alba through which foetal umbilical vessels pass before birth. [ 1 ]
In pathology, diastasis is the separation of parts of the body that are normally joined, such as the separation of certain abdominal muscles during pregnancy, or of adjacent bones without fracture. [ 1 ]
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A postpartum disorder or puerperal disorder is a disease or condition which presents primarily during the days and weeks after childbirth called the postpartum period.The postpartum period can be divided into three distinct stages: the initial or acute phase, 6–12 hours after childbirth; subacute postpartum period, which lasts two to six weeks, and the delayed postpartum period, which can ...