Heal Diastasis Recti - Leah Keller
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Heal Diastasis Recti Safely with Leah Keller

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Fourth Trimester Podcast Episode 156: Heal Diastasis Recti Safely with Leah Keller

If you had a best friend who knew everything there was to know about how to heal Diastasis Recti safely, your friend would be Leah Keller. She’s our guest on this episode and our topic is a very deep dive into how to identify, heal and strengthen your core during pregnancy and after birth. (And that could be many years, several decades after birth even, and still benefit.)

Learn how to avoid causing further damage to your body – doing too much too fast can be dangerous. Knowing how to heal Diastasis Recti safely is empowering. Let’s learn together from a woman who has spent her career researching and implementing solutions that really work. All women deserve to achieve successful outcomes for their physical health.

“Our body isn’t broken after birth. It’s resilient and it responds incredibly well to specific, intentional movement.”
— Leah Keller, Certified Personal Trainer and Co-Founder of Every Mother

 

Full Show Notes

  1. Postpartum Core Recovery with Leah Keller — 00:00:41
  2. What Diastasis Recti Is — and Isn’t — 00:05:31
  3. Causes, Symptoms, and Functional Impacts of Diastasis Recti — 00:08:13
  4. Diastasis Recti Without Pregnancy & Common Training Errors — 00:13:41
  5. Diastasis Recti Treatment: When Surgery Is Warranted vs Exercise — 00:20:32
  6. How to Self-Check for Diastasis Recti at Home — 00:22:34
  7. Starting Core Rehab Safely: Timing, Myths, and Breastfeeding — 00:25:39
  8. Evidence-Backed Results and Clinical Studies on Core Recovery — 00:36:26
  9. Exercises to Avoid Early: Crunches, Planks, and High-Impact Movement — 00:44:32
  10. Managing Symptoms and Red Flags That Need Medical Attention — 00:50:03
  11. Core Movement Cues: Pressure, Doming, and Rib Flare — 00:53:59
  12. Preventing Diastasis During Pregnancy & Long-Term Benefits — 00:58:46
  13. Birth Preparation: Push Mechanics and Pelvic Floor Support — 01:02:32
  14. Deep Squat Guidance for Labor, Birth, and Comfort — 01:03:42
  15. Listener Perk and Closing Notes — 01:07:06

About Leah Keller

Leah is a certified personal trainer and the creator of Every Mother’s EMbody Program, an online therapeutic exercise program endorsed by medical and birth professionals worldwide. With over two decades of experience, Leah empowers and equips women to exercise safely during pregnancy and restore strength, function and total body fitness after birth – no matter how long it’s been.
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Leah Keller, Founder, Every Mother

The EMbody Program grew out of her private training practice in New York City, and it earned unparalleled medical validation when researchers at Weill Cornell Medical School collaborated with Leah to conduct a pilot study with 63 women, all of whom achieved full resolution of diastasis recti (AJOG, 2014). Subsequently, a prospective trial performed by Hospital for Special Surgery (JWHPT, 2021) found improvements in symptoms of stress urinary incontinence and low back pain among participants in the EMbody Program, in addition to significant improvements in diastasis recti measured with musculoskeletal ultrasound.

Leah holds an MA in English and a BA in Psychology, and she has been featured as a women’s health expert by major media outlets, including NPR and Good Morning America. She lives with her husband and children in San Francisco.

 

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