Dr. Andy Galpin

Therefore, when you breathe and you're expanding that, that pressure is now going outwards, horizontal to your body instead of vertically, which then pushes on the pelvic floor to get it to move correctly. You're also then reducing pressure posteriorly, right? Yes. And that matters because that's the low back getting pinned down.

Right?

Right?

Right. There you go. Right. So it's all of this stuff. That's why stacking is like we'll use that term pretty colloquially stacking those two diaphragms on top of each other is the optimal scenario. Yes. They're both tilted front or back. We can live. It's when they are off kilter and the pressure, whether it's the bottom one, by the way. Or the top one.

Right. There you go. Right. So it's all of this stuff. That's why stacking is like we'll use that term pretty colloquially stacking those two diaphragms on top of each other is the optimal scenario. Yes. They're both tilted front or back. We can live. It's when they are off kilter and the pressure, whether it's the bottom one, by the way. Or the top one.

So whether this is pelvic tilt causing the problem or rib flaring or the opposite, either way, we're in dysfunction, which can manifest itself, as we've been saying all day, in a thousand different things.

So whether this is pelvic tilt causing the problem or rib flaring or the opposite, either way, we're in dysfunction, which can manifest itself, as we've been saying all day, in a thousand different things.

Yeah. What are the accepted best practices for dealing with diastasis recti?

Yeah. What are the accepted best practices for dealing with diastasis recti?

You can imagine playing—what's the game, like the doctor game? Where the kids can go in and try to... Operation. Operation, right? So you imagine a slit going from your sternum all the way down. You would splay left and right, horizontally, and you would splay vertically, right? You would open up in all four areas. That's exactly the line you're talking about.

You can imagine playing—what's the game, like the doctor game? Where the kids can go in and try to... Operation. Operation, right? So you imagine a slit going from your sternum all the way down. You would splay left and right, horizontally, and you would splay vertically, right? You would open up in all four areas. That's exactly the line you're talking about.

If you can imagine... And I'm basically saying this little piece for the male audience because I know every female listening knows exactly what you're talking about already. But if you think about a... Six-pack. And you think about the muscles are two columns of three, right? So one next to each other, left and right.

If you can imagine... And I'm basically saying this little piece for the male audience because I know every female listening knows exactly what you're talking about already. But if you think about a... Six-pack. And you think about the muscles are two columns of three, right? So one next to each other, left and right.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that middle line between the two columns is exactly what you're talking about. This is a fascia. This is a connective tissue issue. This is why we're talking about it, right? So when that becomes splayed open, you have that effect of the operation. You've had a tight line. You called it a zipper. Perfect analogy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, that middle line between the two columns is exactly what you're talking about. This is a fascia. This is a connective tissue issue. This is why we're talking about it, right? So when that becomes splayed open, you have that effect of the operation. You've had a tight line. You called it a zipper. Perfect analogy.

It's supposed to keep those two sides connected so force can transfer and everything else. It's not working. It's damaged or damaged. How are we going to phrase that?

It's supposed to keep those two sides connected so force can transfer and everything else. It's not working. It's damaged or damaged. How are we going to phrase that?

You have to.

You have to.

Okay. Well, that's important to know. Again, speaking, I'm sorry to offend, but mostly to the male side of the equation here, a year. Not six weeks. No, not six weeks. Not 16 weeks, right? This is two-thirds by a year, which means a third still after a year are not back, right?