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>> IT IS CALLED DIASIS
RECTI, WHEN THE STOMACH
MUSCLES SEPARATE.
IT HAPPENS DURING PREGNANCY.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE GAP
DOESN'T CLOSE FOR EVERYONE
AFTER BIRTH.
HALEY HERNANDEZ TAKES A
LOOK AT WHAT WOMEN CAN DO.
>> Reporter: KIMBERLY IS IN
THE BEST SHAPE OF HER LIFE
BUT FOR YEARS, THE STOMACH
DIDN'T MATCH THE REST OF
HER BODY.
>> I LOOKED LIKE I WAS NINE
MONTHS PREGNANT.
>> EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS
DOING CROSS FIT FIVE TO SIX
DAYS A WEEK.
>> CRUNCHES, PLANKS, I WAS
TRYING TO FLATTEN MY
STOMACH.
>> Reporter: TURNS OUT,
THOSE WERE ALL OF THE WRONG
EXERCISES BECAUSE SHE HAD
DIASTIS RECTI, WHEN THE
MUFFLES PART BECAUSE ORGANS
PUSHING AGAINST THE
CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT
HOLDS THEM TOGETHER.
>> THAT LAYER IS WHAT KEEPS
THE INSIDE IN AND
EVERYTHING ELSE OUT.
IT'S ALSO WHAT MAKES THE
ABDOMEN LOOKS FLA
>> DOCTOR SAYS IT HAPPENS
TO ALMOST ALL WOMEN DURING
PREGNANCY, BUT.
>> 30 TO 40% OF WOMEN MAY
PERMANENTLY HAVE SOME
SEPARATION THERE AFTER A
PREGNANCY.
>> Reporter: THE CONDITION
CAN CAUSE LOW BACKPAIN,
URINE MANNER INCONTINENCE
AND CONSTIPATION.
FOR MOST, IT'S JUST
COSMETIC AND SURGERY CAN
FIX IT, BUT KIM DIDN'T WANT
TO GO UNDER THE KNIFE AND
IN FEBRUARY FOUND CAROLINE
JOHNSON.
>> IT OFFICER'S PEOPLE A
WAY TO HEAL FROM THE
CONDITION NONSURGICALLY.
>> Reporter: JOHNSON
TEACHES THE TULLER
TECHNIQUE.
IT INVOLVES WEARING A
SPLINT.
>> THE SPLINT REPOSITIONS
THE MUSCLES BACK TO WHERE
THEY SHOULD BE.
>> Reporter: AND BREATHING
AND ABDOMINAL MUFFLE
EXERCISES FOR 16 TO 18
WEEKS, DEPENDING ON THE
SIZE OF THE SEPARATION.
FOR KIM, IT WAS 15 WEEKS.
IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE
CONDITION, HERE'S HOW TO
CHECK.
>> HAVE YOUR FINGERS
POINTING DOWN TOWARDS YOUR
PELVIS, BRING YOUR FINGERS
IN AND THEN UNIVERSITY HEAD
UP SLIGHTLY AND THEN LOWER
IT DOWN.
>> Reporter: WITH THE
CONDITION, THERE IS A GAP
BETWEEN THE MUSCLES, AT
LEAST TWO TO THREE FINGERS
WIDE.
KIM'S WAS SEVERE AT SIX
FINGERS.
>> IN TERMS TERMS OF
EVERYTHING, IT'S GIVEN ME
MORE CONFIDENCE, A HAPPIER
