Diastasis Recti is a separation of your abdominal muscles vertically at our belly button. This happens due to the internal pressure of the growing baby. Many women don't know that they have it. But they are suffering from back or pelvic pain, mild incontinence, or just have a 'pooch' belly that they can't seem to shift even years after having their babies.

My Core Restore Programme focuses on specific exercises which strengthen your deep pelvic floor and abdominal muscles to help close your abdominal gap, which will then make you feel strong again and have your body functioning correctly, as it should do, to support you.

The programme is really simple to do and you can easily follow along with the videos. Progressing through each stage of the programme as you feel strong enough, allowing you to go completely at your own pace. The programme will take you a number of weeks, or even a couple of months to complete depending on your unique starting point.

When I began teaching my own Pilates classes in 2011, I would occasionally spot the symptoms of Diastasis Recti during exercises when women were in an "ab crunch" position. So I would modify for them. Then one day a woman came in for class who had a lingering wide gap and pelvic floor issues. She found the whole class a challenge to take part in, even with the modifications. Her body was simply not ready for a regular group class.

This was my first experience with the more serious core dysfunction that can commonly occur after having babies. We had a talk after class and I taught her some exercises to help and one thing was apparent. She felt like she was dealing with this alone and doing what she could to feel strong again. Often, until these issues up in conversation that we realise, we are not alone. Incontinence, lower back pain and the bulging DR tummy are so common, and definitely something that can be treated effectively with the right information in our hands.

However, there is so much incorrect information out there. How to train someone with Diastasis Recti is not common knowledge, even among fitness professionals. And women are so resourceful, and as we often go online to find information, this disinformation is what is often found instead, which may cause more harm than good. 

So, I have taken material developed over the course of nearly 10 years of teaching women before and after having their babies, my own experience with rehabbing my core after two pregnancies, to create an effective programme that will help women restore their core function, end their struggle with Diastasis Recti and Pelvic Floor dysfunction and feel amazing about their bodies!