How to engage your core correctly - Diastasis Recti Repair

[@annecelestin8933]

I spent months with a physical therapist and could never engage properly. Thank you SO much for this amazing explanation. Wow. I am so grateful I found your videos.

[@judithpoole7639]

I've watched a few dozen videos on the topic of breathing properly while engaging the core. Yours is the first to give me something that I understand. Others are just too vague, imprecise, and worst, not based on scientific knowledge. I'm going to watch more of your content because my core muscles are so weak, the remedial strengthening work intended for childbirth recovery just might be a good place for me to start.

[@katysuemarfil2148]

Wow! Thank you!!! Been a ballet dancer for years and now am a mom of 2 littles and this is by far the best description I have ever heard of how to correctly execute!!!

[@kf9058]

Same, except mom of 4. I dont ever remember being told to do this in ballet! Crazy!

[@mariajoensen6944]

I also find it very difficult to feel whether I'm doing it correctly when lying on my back. But my physio therapist told me that it's easier to do it while lying on your side. And I find it's easier to avoid doing the mistakes you mentioned while on your side.

[@giamarie8416]

Ok. I could feel the area you were telling us to feel engage. It worked. Thank you.

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

Yay! And the more you practice the more you will feel it :)

[@Justsomeonewithopinions]

Yep worked for me to! I pretty sure I worked well as I noticed my lower core is activating much easier then before, keep helping others! ✨ 🥂 P E Å C E 🥂 ✨

[@amani8074]

Am i the only one who feels the ab workouts more in their head than abs? i feel like i'm doing something wrong.

[@ddlifts_xx]

Yeaahh me too

[@annievuong9355]

especially when i do bicycle climer

[@Justsomeonewithopinions]

Same, but its okay! It just means that you need to learn how to activate your core proply, keep going though! I managed to get abs even without activating my core proply, never give up and try your hardest! And don't forget it's ok to ask for help sometimes, and to maintain your weight I recommend you exercise 3 times a week to easily maintain your weight, but it all up to the person who is doing it after all! Good luck and stay happy!

[@_melany_melo_]

Lolll I feel it in my neck😭

[@Vero_nica03]

Me too i just started working out and I still can't do it properly

[@vanessatalavera7515]

Honestly, i think my core is so weak I cant feel it😣

[@tamara0246]

I feel the same girl 🥺

[@Chowderchef]

I appreciate this!!! I knew *how* to do it but it was hard to tell if it was being done correctly

[@amilu9684]

Yes,I can feel it thank you.

[@moniquerolle119]

I can't feel it. I'm confused

[@nicolebarrantes8620]

Me to

[@aliiiiibaby]

I can't feel it either. Have you had any improvement?

[@aliiiiibaby]

@@nicolebarrantes8620 Have you had any improvement?

[@totes_muhh_goats]

Um wow, only took me 34 years to learn this. All this time I thought engaging your core was sucking in my stomach.

[@ellecoian9612]

May God bless you and protect you! John 3:16! Have a great day!

[@johnshawngrubb4675]

I feel it now! Thank you!

[@kalpanichithra]

So helpful.The imagination really helped and also great ways to check if you are doing it right.Thank you!

[@olgavignard863]

Yes! Thank you!

[@jessicacarlos7214]

Thank you!

[@rellas8676]

This came at the perfect time I was working out earlier and was literally just sucking my stomach in and struggling to breathe. I know it seems so simple but its really not 😁

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

Hi Rella, yes, it’s not simple at all and I find I keep getting better the more practice. I will think I’m doing pretty good, but looking back I still had a lot to work on 🤪

[@rellas8676]

@@PregnancyandPostpartumTV Hopefully now by do this correctly it will help heal my diastasis recti much faster although i'm pregnant with baby number 2. Thank you for your video.

[@happykatelynwatson306]

I'm still very confused I've done everything but I cant seem to get it right

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

What part don’t you feel is right? Are you able to go see a pelvic floor physio?

[@Mailiwoh]

@@PregnancyandPostpartumTV when i flatten my back on floor and try engaging my core it should be hard to breathe while keep my belly flat when I'm doing abs workout right?

[@lavenderloco]

I guess from this week I am only gonna practice how to engage my core before the workouts cause I feel nothing 😅

[@raykarpp]

I feel it in my neck and like a electric fence is running through my lower back and leg.. idk why its so hard to coordinate the tensing and moving with breathing, im been trying for months and it doesnt go smoothly

[@AmysMusic7]

But what do each of those mm mean? My main concerns is that I don’t feel that trampoline when I measure the depth.

[@Vivaanvyomi]

Hey Jessica...hope u r doing good 🤗. Thanks for this video I ll try to engage my core ... I am mother of 3 yr old son... I have a question, I have 2 finger diastisis towards my naval.. is running and skipping good for me?

[@kimberlyladouceur6041]

Is this how you should engage your core during prenatal workouts as well? Or only postnatal?

[@Kanmani-nj1ju]

Please put English subtitles mam..I am from tamilnadu...

[@ankanianna]

Can it be too late to repair the diastasis recti? What if it hadn't been done soon after the first pregnancy 6 years ago and then there were 2 more pregnancies (also without any physiotherapy afterwards). Knowledge about the DR healing in some countries is really inexistent and I have a friend who believes it's too late for her now.

[@moodygirl1014]

Hello I have a b shaped belly or hourglass syndrome. Im trying to find a good exercise to help me fix it. Ive never been pregnant, im 5’1 and 60 kilos. Dose this exercise helps me improve my core and get rid of the b shaped belly

[@revathireka9228]

Should i wear any belt regularly ?

[@JulesM101M]

Thank you, I was over engaging lol

[@selvisoundarya7686]

Damn it why is this soo tough😭😭😭Is it bcoz I'm overweight I really don't feel my core at all?? I can't engage it l

[@nafisairfani1107]

I had a c section 8 months ago and all I feel is sponge below my navel. Can't Locate the area you mentioned 😢😢

[@teresaanthony9633]

I can't feel that core it's so damm difficult

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

It is really difficult to find. Sometimes it just takes time and working on it and then it clicks for you after a couple weeks.

[@farahhabib8298]

Can you feel it now?

[@iststt]

How can i pulling it in without sucking. I am so confused. Should i make it like someone is punching me on my belly and i squeeze my belly?

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

If you suck in then your ribs will expand. You want to pull everything in as if a corset is being tightened around you as you exhale. Your ribs pull in and down and you tighten your core (but not so much you could be punched) Just to firmly engage.

[@power_pia9018]

Yes 🙌

[@hazelrymell4408]

It's standing up exercises I find this difficult to do, as I find it's easy to to this lying down but not standing

[@Hofminni]

Is this safe 4 weeks Postpartum?

[@momma1208]

I am overweight and have a belly "apron"... is there a way to do it right without feeling the boney points? Mine are too cushioned to feel lol

[@joycecorpuz5088]

Confused. I don't get it.

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

It can be hard to feel at first. Try for a couple weeks to see if you can build up the muscles to do it and then often people will start to feel it. or a physio would be able to get their hands on you to help you!

[@jvdexx_c8084]

I can’t do it 😭

[@tamara0246]

First pregnancy 28 years ago, another one 9 years after that and my last pregnancy 8 years ago with no repairing in between or after. Am I too far gone to try and fix my core?? I literally feel like I’ve set myself up to fail at attempting to get my abs back😩

[@PregnancyandPostpartumTV]

Hi Tammy, no it’s not too late. It will take longer, but with consistency it’s doable. Did you see my DR healing guide? Even if you don’t have DR ... it’s got helpful strategies for core repair landing.mailerlite.com/webforms/landing/n0h5d6

[@gauthamshivsankar4255]

Ohh yes,

[@rutendofelicity]

Chloe Ting, look where you have brought me!

[@Manishauk]

I can’t feel it

[@TaliTranc353190]

Biggest gap is at and above my belly button.