30 Day Shred and Diastasis Recti (unable to do crunches, etc)

Tara_716
Tara_716 Posts: 1 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Has anyone with DR ever successfully done 30 Day Shred? There are a lot of traditional ab exercises as well as planking, which make DR worse. Of course there are no variations offered (as usual). I'm wondering if I can modify and still get results, and if so, how.

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  • middlehaitch
    middlehaitch Posts: 8,487 Member
    Before doing 30day shred work on exercises for the DR.

    Your doctor may be able to refer you to a specialist PT or, if that's not in the cards, find the apropriate exercises on line.

    Cheers, h.
  • aishanow
    aishanow Posts: 5 Member
    I find planks good. Some say crunches aren't?
  • julie_broadhead
    julie_broadhead Posts: 347 Member
    aishanow wrote: »
    I find planks good. Some say crunches aren't?

    Planks and crunches can make the abdominal separation worse. If your separation is less than 1 finger, planks are fine.
  • CharlieBeansmomTracey
    CharlieBeansmomTracey Posts: 7,682 Member
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Before doing 30day shred work on exercises for the DR.

    Your doctor may be able to refer you to a specialist PT or, if that's not in the cards, find the apropriate exercises on line.

    Cheers, h.

    I second this.
  • sugaraddict4321
    sugaraddict4321 Posts: 15,836 MFP Moderator
    middlehaitch wrote: »
    Before doing 30day shred work on exercises for the DR.

    Your doctor may be able to refer you to a specialist PT or, if that's not in the cards, find the apropriate exercises on line.

    Cheers, h.

    I third this. After I learned the exercises at physical therapy, I just swapped them in during the video. The gals on the video do crunches, and I do DR exercises for the same length of time. :)

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