Time to repair your abs!

1st St Louis Diastasis workshop!  Reclaim Your Core is ready to start up here in St Louis and we will be holding a Lose Your Mummy Tummy Workshop at Crossroads Chiropractic in Creve Cour.


First St Louis Area Workshop!

Class 1: Saturday Oct 18th 2014 (1:30- 4:00pm)
Class 2: Saturday Nov 1st 2014 (1:30- 3:30pm)
Class 3: Saturday Nov 22nd 2014  (1:30- 3:00pm)


 Diastasis Rehab Lose Your Mummy Tummy®
Crossroads Chiropractic   314.439.0777  
12324 Olive Blvd. 
Creve Coeur, MO 63141

•Advanced registration is required. No day of admission. COST: $110   Includes 3 classes spread over 5 weeks.    Limited to 20 participants, minimum 6.  Email me directly now to register Reclaimyourcore@gmail.com and payment.*

Register by Oct 4th for a discounted early registration fee of $95.

* Tupler Technique products are not included in class fee but will be available to participants at the workshop for a 10-15% discount or they can be purchased for a discount before hand and mailed to you ahead of time.

Well Rounded NY article!

Post Pregnancy brings many surprises!  Read here about how diastasis recti may be one of those surprises and how mom's are turning to the Tupler Technique to get help!!

article here


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Workshop Client Results!

Client A

Her Story:
"I have one 3 y.o. girl who was 4lbs 14 oz, c section. I've been told I have diastasis recti.  I'm have a small build with a large abdomen. I have to wear big blousy shirts so people won't constantly ask me if I'm pregnant. I actually had a large abdomen prior to getting pregnant...no pathology."

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 Day 1 (above), Day 14 (below)

DIASTASIS	waist	upper	middle	lower
Week 1	32.75 35 34.5	<3d	3.5vd	3
Week 4	30 32 33	closed	<1m/d	1s

 

From her chart, you can see she lost 3 inches at the belly button, and from the pictures, you can see in two weeks, her outtie went to a innie!

In

 Day 1 (above),  Day 15 (below)

She writes after attending my workshop:

Tami,

Thank you for a life changing experience!

God Bless You,

 _____________________________________________________________________________

Client B is 39 years old and has three children ages 7, 4 and 2.

 

Day 1 (above), Week 4 (below)

Her story:
"I have been doing ab exercises (tracey anderson being the latest one) and while the rest of me tones up great my stomach has been getting worse and worse.  Coupled with this I have been having terrible back problems.  An MRI revealed two herniated disks in my neck and stenosis of the spine.  I was suffering debilitating headaches due to the herniated disks.  I went to see an amazing manual physio here in Annapolis who spent quite a while getting my body realigned.  The pain has virtually disappeared which is great.   still feeling frustrated about my stomach I stumbled across Julie Tuplers book.  It seems like I found the final missing piece of the puzzle.  In fact I think that I may have been one of those children whose muscles never stitched together to start with.  I say this because I always stood with my stomach stuck out, and could never stand on both legs.  All of my children literally hung outside of my body.  I have a feeling that the root cause of my misalignment is my diastisis.  

As you can see, she had awesome results in her first 4 weeks of the program.

Client SR

DIASTASIS	waist	upper	middle	lower
Week 1	34 38 37	1.5	2m/d	1.5m
Week 4	31.5 34 35	.5m/s	1.5m/d	.5m/s

Her gap did not seem wide to begin with, but it was signifigant for her. With the tupler techniqe exercises, she lost 4 inches at the belly button in 4 weeks.  She lost 2.5 off the top abs and 2 inches off the bottom.

Today's Before and After pics!

I hope to post more before and after pics so all of you can see the progress real people are making in my classes and with private training. Hmmm, maybe when I get much more efficient with my tablet I can make that happen!

Here is a client i saw today.  She has an adorable 16 month old.    This her change after two weeks!!! Rockin! She told me she didn't quite do all the exercises she was supposed to because she had a CRAZY two weeks.

She went from a 3 fingerwidth deep diastasis on top to .5 fingerwidths and shallow.  In the. Middle she went from 5.5 -6 very deep , to 2.5 deep, and on bottom she went from 2 deep to .5 shallow.  She came in at least two inches on top and 1 in the middle and 1 on bottom!

She said her husband has noticed and change and does not understand how things could change like that in two weeks

, her co-workers and even her ex-boyfriend's parents who she randomly bumped into at a restaurant noticed!  She is quite emotional and excited there is already a change for the better as this has affected many aspects of her life. 

Check yourself for diastasis

Am I a good candidate for the Tupler Technique?
             
          Many Many people have diastasis of the rectus abdominal muscles and don't know it and would benefit from the Tupler Technique!

•  Postpartum women (no matter if pregnancy was days ago or 30 years ago)
•  Pregnant women (to minimize diastasis, strengthen for labor, quicker recover) 
•  Men :  may have it from exercise, genetics, abdominal surgery
•  Women who have not had children (same reasons as above)
•  Children - muscles usually come together on their own but not for all children
• Anyone: who wants to strengthen their core  in a functional way, improve their posture, and body mechanics, and reduce back pain.
• Anyone pre or post abdominal surgery, to better chances of surgery success and regain abdominal strength  

 
How do I know if I have diastasis? Can I check for this myself?
 
 watch this video from minute to check! (you can skip the first 3 minutes or so)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqyGSjpt7E0 

How do I know if my diastasis is closed? 

Closing the gap, is all about bringing the two halves of the rectus abdominal muscles together through exercise ( the elevators and contracting) done with the transverse brought all the way back towards the spine. You can bring the muscles even closer together by splinting. Doing the exercises 3 times a day will help ensure you are continually bringing your muscles closer together and bringing blood flow to the area.  Wearing the splint to approximate the muscles, making them easier to strengthen and will help take pressure off of the stretched out connective tissue ( the linea alba) so that it can heal.

As your gap heals, the connective tissue separation will feel shallower when you put your fingers in the gap to measure. As the connective tissue becomes shallower, the muscles will come closer together. 
Your diastasis is closed when the connective tissue at the belly button is shallow and the two muscle bellies are close together, maybe a finger width.  By clinical definition one to two fingerwidths and shallow is not significant, but I find my clients with two fingerwidths can still greatly benefit in both waistline and strength by bringing it closer together.