ABDOMINAL HERNIAS & DIASTASIS

prevent your stiches from coming undone by preparing for surgery

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making diastasis smaller
before abdominal surgery

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making diastasis smaller
before abdominal surgery

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To insure a successful outcome from abdominal surgery, it is important to prepare for it as thoroughly as possible with the Tupler Technique® beforehand. 

Read “The Importance of Making a Diastasis Smaller Before Hernia Surgery.” by Julie Tupler, RN. Published in the Hernia Journal

what clients say

"My umbilical hernia is gone and no longer requires surgery, my back pain is almost non-existent, and my bowels are regular."

- Melissa Dawahare, NMD, RN*

"I visited the hernia surgeon at NYU and have been told I do not need the hernia surgery to repair the umbilical cord hernia. It’s gone!"

- Juliette Spencer*

"I’m glad I was able to avoid surgery and find a natural healing technique that works!"

- Paul, England*

how the program works

FOUR STEPS OF TUPLER TECHNIQUE® PROGRAM

1. Repositioning your connective tissue and abdominal muscles with the Diastasis Rehab Splint®

2. Tupler Technique® exercises (Elevator, Contracting, Head lifts)

3. Developing transverse muscle strength and awareness with activities of daily living and when exercising

4. Getting up and down correctly (seated to standing, standing to seated, seated to back lying and back lying to seated

LOGISTICS OF TUPLER TECHNIQUE® PROGRAM

1. During the first six weeks of the program, it is recommended to focus on developing transverse muscle strength and awareness.

2. During the first six weeks doing the 4 steps of the program and aerobic exercises such as:

          : Walking outside

          : Walking on a treadmill

          : Elliptical machine

          : Upright stationary bike

3. To protect the weakened connective tissue, it is recommended NOT to do:

          :Exercises classes

          :Weight training

          :Sporting activities 

4. In Week 6 of the program you will be taught a diastasis safe exercise routine.

5. The Tupler Technique® Program progresses over 18 weeks. However, if you have a severe diastasis you may not close it. It will be smaller.

6. When you close your diastasis, you can stop wearing your splint. However, you need to continue doing the exercises to keep it closed.

7. Because you have a weak spot in your connective tissue at your belly button you can always separate your muscles again by putting force on your connective tissue.

8. This is a program you will want to do the rest of your life because of how great it makes you look and feel.

9. You will not believe how much stronger you will feel when your muscles are in the right position. Close together! This program is not a fad.

WHY YOU NEED TO TAKE THIS PROGRAM IF YOU ARE HAVING ABDOMINAL SURGERY

If you are having, or even thinking about having, any type of abdominal surgery, you need to prepare for it. Surgery involves sutures and sutures can come undone with intra-abdominal force on them. You use your abdominals with every move you make and every breath you take. That is why it is so important to strengthen your transverse abdominal muscle as well as have an awareness of how to use it with your activities of daily living before surgery, so you then are prepared to use them in the recovery process to maintain the integrity of the sutures. It is so important to make your diastasis smaller before you have surgery for an umbilical hernia. Repairing the umbilical hernia when the muscles are separated above and below it will make it more difficult to maintain the stitches at the umbilicus.

After abdominal surgery, doctors usually tell you not “lift” anything heavy because intra-abdominal force on sutures pulls them apart. However, when doing activities like getting up from a seated position to a standing position you are "lifting" your whole-body weight. This intra-abdominal force on your sutures is much worse than lifting a heavy box. That is why it is so important to learn how to use your abdominals before surgery.

PURPOSE OF THE TUPLER TECHNIQUE® AB REHAB® DVD

My Tupler Technique® Ab Rehab® DVD was created for the purpose of preparing you for abdominal surgery. With shoulder and knee surgery you prepare before surgery. Why are you not asked to prepare for abdominal surgery? When the sutures come undone, this is called an incisional hernia. Between 100,000 and 150,000 ventral incisional hernia repairs are performed annually in the United States.

UMBILICAL HERNIA & THE TUPLER TECHNIQUE® PROGRAM 

An umbilical hernia is a side effect of a diastasis recti. If you are not having pain with this type of hernia, you should do the Tupler Technique® Program before doing surgery for this. We have had clients NOT need surgery for their umbilical hernia after doing our program. Click here to read their stories. Strengthening the connective tissue with the Tupler Technique® will bring support to the belly button in the process of closing your diastasis. Your belly button will then change from an outie to an innie! You can see photos of women’s belly buttons changing on our before and after page.  

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