What is the best exercise for this post c-section? Regular sit ups? Planks? Something else? |
PP in PT here. After my first c-section, my midwife said to hold off on planks until at least 12 weeks. If you have diastasis recti like I do from my second pregnancy, sit ups and planks will worsen it. Mine is mild, 2.5cm, and I didn’t know I had it until my initial PT visit. She had me doing hip and lower ab strengthening at first, progressing to oblique work like bird dogs and dead bugs. I’m at 2cm now and still need to be cautious about upper ab work and planks, as well as jogging. |