Diastasis Recti by Katy Bowman

Author:Katy Bowman
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Propriometrics Press
Published: 2017-06-16T16:00:00+00:00

Seated or standing, firmly tie a resistance band or pair of tights around your torso just beneath your chest muscles or breasts (at the height of a bra strap or heart rate monitor). Make sure you’ve dropped your ribs!

Inhale deeply, expanding the ribcage into the band until you feel the resistance from the elastic pushing on your ribs. If you don’t feel it at the end of your inhale, re-tie the band and try it again.

Exhale, being aware of how your ribcage can pull away from the ring of elastic and closer to an imaginary vertical pole running up through the center of your body. Repeat, using each exhale to bring the ribs inward.

You should find (feel!) that breathing, especially the exhale, engages the muscles between the ribs and throughout the abdomen. You can use the elastic to teach you how to find and use these muscles, but once you’ve got the motor skill, you can do this exercise without the tactile assistance of the band.

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