Yep, I wore the recovery shorts as well! They were very good, offered similar pelvic support, good support in my sore undercarriage and I reckon they helped my jelly belly reduce a little faster. They just made me feel nicely 'pulled in'. I reckon they'd be great for abdominal separation. The only negative is that they were a pain in the proverbial to get up and down to go to the loo. They are supposed to be very firm and they are cut very high (come to just under your boobs) and I found myself 'hanging on' rather than going to the toilet as wrestling them up and down was a PITA!!