diastasis recti
Split stomach muscles
Diastasis recti is a separation of the abdominal muscles along the midline, where the connective tissue stretching between the left and right sides of the rectus abdominis thins and widens.
It commonly occurs during pregnancy as the abdomen expands, but can also result from rapid weight gain or improper exercise technique.
The gap may cause a visible bulge or ridge down the center of the belly, especially when straining: She was doing exercises to close her diastasis recti after giving birth.
Identification of illness
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- coningForming conical shapes
- domingCurving into hemisphere shape
bulging · physical examination · ultrasound imaging · calipers · severity · mild · moderate · severe
Central dividing axis
- connective tissueSupportive biological matrix
- abdominal wallLayered muscles protecting organs
- fasciaConnective tissue sheet
- wideningIncreasing in extent
distension · umbilicus · navel · belly · torso · musculature · abdominal muscles
After childbirth
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- c-sectionSurgical childbirth procedure
- motherhoodState of being a female parent
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- baby bumpPregnant woman's protruding stomach
- fetusGestating offspring
- expectingAwaiting a predicted outcome
antenatal · prenatal care · maternity · uterus · expansion · stretching · amniotic · ultrasound
Treatment restoring bodily function
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- healingRestoration of health
- breathing techniquesMethods for regulating respiration
- alignmentCorrect relative positioning
pelvic floor exercises · posture · splinting · taping · surgical repair
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- measurementDetermining size or amount
- palpationMedical examination by touch
- coningForming conical shapes
doming · bulging · physical examination · ultrasound imaging · calipers · severity · mild · moderate · severe
midline
Central dividing axis
- connective tissueSupportive biological matrix
- abdominal wallLayered muscles protecting organs
- fasciaConnective tissue sheet
widening · distension · umbilicus · navel · belly · torso · musculature · abdominal muscles
postnatal
After childbirth
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- cesareanSurgical childbirth method
- c-sectionSurgical childbirth procedure
motherhood · recovery · breastfeeding · midwife · obstetrician
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
expecting · antenatal · prenatal care · maternity · uterus · expansion · stretching · amniotic · ultrasound · obstetrics
physiotherapy
Treatment restoring bodily function
- physical therapyRehabilitative movement-based medical care
- healingRestoration of health
- breathing techniquesMethods for regulating respiration
pelvic floor exercises · alignment · posture · splinting · taping · surgical repair
- postpartumafterpains, involution, uterine contractions, lactation, milk production
- abdominal exampalpation, percussion, auscultation, tenderness, guarding
- postpartum complicationspostpartum depression, postpartum hemorrhage, postpartum psychosis, postpartum anxiety, puerperal fever
- birth injuriescerebral palsy, HIE, broken collarbone, facial paralysis, oxygen deprivation
- herniasumbilical hernia, hiatal hernia, hernia repair, sports hernia
- Obstetric Complicationspreeclampsia, eclampsia, fetal distress, hemorrhage, preterm labor