Fascinating Look At 2 Patients With A Tummy Bulge And Ab Separation (Diastasis)

This article looks at the question "why do some women "bounce back" and others don't when it comes to our abs post baby." Both of the following people did not have the abs they wanted despite doing abdominal exercises. Let's take a deeper look into what causes a pooch belly and diastasis (ab separation) and why some people easily have the abs they want! What is a diastasis? Read about it here, including a step by step diastasis check. Subject #1: "Cameron" Cameron came in to see me for hip pain and didn't know about an abdominal separation. After hearing a complaint of occasional recurrent low back pain, I decided to do a diastasis check. It showed a 3 finger gap about an inch above the belly button. Cameron had a habit of sucking in the belly button for the last 10 years. This eventually led to a flared rib cage and shallow breathing pattern, giving a very wide torso appearance. Cameron also suffered from some anxiety, like the nervous system was on overdrive, but not having had a deep breath in years, I can see why. Subject #2: "Morgan" Morgan came in to see me for neck pain and wanting to get rid of a pouch belly. "I don't have that much body fat. Why does my belly continually pooch out? I do crunches and sit ups every morning." Morgan has worked at a sitting job for too long and subsequently had no glute (butt) muscles and forward head posture. Morgan had a 3.5 finger diastasis and a previous linea alba hernia repair (stomach bulged out along the midline). When ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news