Coning, doming, and what it all means in a nutshell, because it seems like this unfortunate hot topic isn’t going anywhere with pregnant women!

I wish we were more focused on what is happening functionally versus cosmetically with pregnancy and postpartum athletes, but unfortunately DR is the most obvious, talked about, physical presentation that makes women run to the internet, their friends, and hopefully their PT’s for advice. In general, so much more emphasis needs to be put on whats happening inside the body, versus what it looks like. But that’s a centuries old battle that we fight with minimal success, every day. But we have to keep fighting it. Spread the word, ladies, it’s not all about your gap!

Read, absorb and retain this fact: DIASTASIS RECTI HAPPENS TO 99% OF WOMEN WHO CARRY A PREGNANCY TO FULL TERM. what’s that again? Yes, *all of you* who are pregnant will get it.

No, you can’t stop it.

No, it’s not “bad.”

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