Unraveling the Truth About Tummy Tucks: Why Stitches Can Come Undone

DID YOU KNOW YOUR TUMMY TUCK CAN COME UNDONE IF YOU EXERCISE INCORRECTLY?

This is why if you are having a tummy tuck or have just had a tummy tuck you need to learn how to use your abdominals correctly with the Tupler Technique either before or after surgery.

 

 

I’ve been treating this condition for 30 years now and one thing I know for sure is that you use your abdominal muscles with every move you make. So, if you don’t engage your abdominal muscles when you stand up both your muscles and stitched connective tissue move forward putting force on your stitched connective tissue. Continuous force on your stitches will make your stitches come apart. That is why for a successful surgery you need to develop transverse muscle strength and awareness preferably before abdominal surgery so you know how to use them in the recovery process with both activities of daily living and while exercising. You transverse muscle is your innermost abdominal muscle. To learn more how to do a diastasis safe workout, please click on the link below and download my free Tupler Tips.  

 

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About Julie Tupler RN

Julie Tupler, RN, is a registered nurse, certified childbirth educator, certified personal trainer, and creator of the Tupler Technique® Program, which she developed in 1990. For more than 30 years, she has been teaching and developing the Tupler Technique® Program for the treatment of diastasis recti in women, men, and children. Through Diastasis Rehab, Julie teaches clients and professionals how to use the Tupler Technique® to help address abdominal separation with a non-surgical, research-based approach. She is also the author of multiple books on maternal fitness and diastasis recti, including Maternal Fitness, Lose Your Mummy Tummy, Together Tummy, and Will You Be My Belly Buddy?