Speaking of stretching, essentially, you don’t want to do any activities that stretch your connective tissue.
When you arch your back this flare your ribs and stretches your connective tissue. Your back arches when doing yoga movements such as greeting to the sun, swimming and gymnastics. A forward crossover movement causes a shearing action of the abdominal muscles and this also stretches the connective tissue.
This forward crossover movement can be found in activities like tennis, golf , softball and working your oblique's in a back lying position.
(Also read: Diastasis Recti Test Step by Step Guide: Tupler Technique® Diastasis Safe & Not Diastasis Safe Exercises)
I realize that many fitness classes and personal trainers require people to do these kinds of exercises, so I’ve created a pre-emptive strike in the form of a printable nurse’s note—kind of like a “get out of jail for free” card, explaining that you are following my program and why such exercises are harmful to you. You can find the note on TuplerTechnique.com and called Check Your Belly.
Click HERE to download the card.
You might like to read: WHAT EXERCISES SHOULD BE AVOIDED WITH DIASTASIS RECTI?
To learn more about Diastasis Recti & the Tupler Technique® read this article: DIASTASIS RECTI RESEARCH AND EVIDENCED BASED EXERCISE PROGRAM
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