{"id":2128,"date":"2017-05-14T21:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T21:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2128"},"modified":"2017-05-14T21:00:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T21:00:34","slug":"3-reasons-your-abdominals-may-not-be-healing-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2128","title":{"rendered":"3 reasons your abdominals may not be healing up."},"content":{"rendered":"

Saggy Tummy skin?<\/h4>\n

Mummy pouch?<\/h4>\n

Abdominal separation that hasn’t healed?<\/h4>\n

Here are 3 reasons you may not be seeing results.<\/em><\/h4>\n

1. Posture.<\/strong> <\/span><\/h4>\n

I can’t highlight this enough. Try this out. Place one hand on your tummy muscles. Stand up with poor posture, rounded shoulders, head jutting forward. Now what does it do to your tummy? Those muscles feel taut and strong, or saggy and loose? What changes when you lengthen up through the spine, bring the shoulder blades round and down in your back and straighten your neck? You should feel your tummy muscles are tighter and in a better position to heal up when you have good posture.<\/p>\n

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2. Nutrition. <\/span><\/h4>\n

If you are not giving your body good nutrition then you aren’t giving it the best chance to heal. Protein, zinc, iron and vitamin C are all important in wound healing and muscle repair. I know as a mum you need quick meals and often have to eat on the hoof, but you can eat still eat healthily. It is all in the preparation and mind set. Step away from the cake and focus on nutritious snacks that give you energy and fill you. Nuts, seeds, homemade granola bars, hummus, egg muffins are good examples. A bowl of fruit, Greek yoghurt (higher in protein) and a small handful of nuts is a fabulous snack. Make overnight oats with fruit and seeds the night before, ready for an instant breakfast. Bake a pile of sweet potato’s ready for lunches, then you can heat them in the microwave for lunch, top with tuna, pile some salad on the plate and it should keep you going. The diagram below is both relative for pelvic floor healing and diastasis recti.<\/p>\n

\"Nutrition<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Breathing and Stress.<\/span><\/h4>\n

How much attention do you give to your breathing? Probably very little. Yet thoracic breathing can be a deal breaker. When you breath into the ribcage and not the belly you activate the intercostal muscles instead of forcing the tummy muscles out. As you breath out your pelvic floor lifts and you core activates. So breathing alone can work to strengthen your pelvic floor and lower abdominals. Stress leads to shallow breathing higher in the chest. It also affects hormones, posture in a lot of people and eating. A triple whammy. So taking time to relax, bring your cortisol levels down and calm down can be a factor. A bath, reading for 10 mins, a pilates class, it all helps.<\/p>\n

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\nI know how hard it can be. I’ve been there. But I also know this stuff works! I’ve closed 2 diastasis in my own body. Don’t delay, start with the tips above today.<\/p>\n

If you want a 1-1 session for posture assessment and exercises you can use at home then get in touch I can even work over Skype.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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