Best time to resume working out?

Question

About to have my baby soon and want to get back into my fitness journey after. I will be allowing my body some time off before I hop right into things. I have Diastasis Recti which was last measured at 3.5  before baby, so no idea if it got worse yet until after delivery. When do you guys recommend I start? Also seeking any work out app recommendations as well.  For those who have DI, what did you guys do to close the gap? I already went to pelvic floor therapy. Thank you!

Answer

You can work on pelvic floor and core rehabilitation right after birth, but all other exercise minimum of 6 weeks but really should wait until your core and pelvic floor is all healed and better.
The comment stating pelvic floor therapy and diastasis recti are not close and not the same is incorrect. Pelvic floor therapists will check and help correct your DR while also building your core strength with your pelvic floor. It's all connected. Highly recommend pelvic floor therapy. They helped me tremendously after my first son, fixed my DR and strengthened my pelvic floor.

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Ypu wait until your cleared by your dr. Pelvic floor therapy vs physcial therapy for a diastasis isnt the same. Not even close. You need to go to actual physcial therapy to get evaluated and a plan for your specific body and situation. Just doing general ab workouts wont work. You have to do specific ones and everything depending how bad the seperstion is, how far it goes, the depth, etc.

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There are a ton of YouTube videos that show very specific moves for DI. It's important not to just do normal ab workouts. Wait until your doctor clears you to workout. It really depends on each person's individual situation.

Best time to resume working out?

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