thread: Tell me about muscle separation

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  1. #1

    May 2008
    Melbourne, Vic
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    Oh wow, that's pretty bad. So if my tummy makes a much gentler point in the middle... From one hip up, then down to the other, does that make sense? Is that considered a tent??

    Should just ask the MW at next appointment...

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Nov 2008
    in the ning nang nong
    12,163

    Trace a line from your solar plexus down to your belly button.

    Then sit leaning back on the couch or something.

    Then pull your tummy muscles in and pull yourself into a sitting position - you should be using the muscles you would be using if you were doing a sit up.

    Look at the imaginary line you traced.

    If you can notice the muscles there pulling up so it looks like a little hill peaking at the imaginary line then you might have muscle separation.

    Normally all your muscles would contract.

    If there is separation you'll have this little channel of a hill running down your middle from under your breast bone down part of your baby bump.

    I hope that makes sense!