DIASTASIS

What is DIASTASIS RECTI ABDOMINIS (DRA)?

Precaution Exercises during pregnancy

 

 

Valsalva maneuver breath holding during activities

Coughing, sneezing, lifting, bending, transitional movements WITHOUT abdominal bracing

Full sit-ups, jack-knifes, bilateral leg raises

Hyperextension of lumbar spine or exercises that overstretch the abdominal wall

Bouncing exercises

Aggressive stretching

Rotational trunk exercises

Relative precaution using quadruped exercises without proper support (may increase abdominal pressure on linea alba)

*Information provided by -Kristina Kehoe PT, DPT

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