The Oak Park Belly Check is cancelled due to a scheduling error! So sorry for the inconvenience!!
I will be doing a workshop in Oak Park in the spring – stay tuned!
No belly check this week!!
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Hi bonnie, I read your blog all the time, it is so helpful. I have a question. I have seen on your site that some clients have closed their diastasis completely. I also see some who continue to have a 1 finger separation at the belly button, but you considered that “clinically closed”. My diastasis is closed 3 inches above and below the belly button. At the belly button I persist with having a 1 finger separation. it is about 3/8 to 1/2 inch deep. I have been told it is closed, but I’m not sure if I should keep going with splinting full time to get it to close some more. I have been working on my diastasis FOREVER. So what do you think? Is this probably the best I will get it, or should I keep going? Thanks so much for your input!!
Hi! The best way to tell if a diastasis right AT the belly button is closed is to look at the divet between your knuckles. It will mirror that. If the area right AT the belly button is like that (3/8, 1/2, even 3/4) then it is CLOSED!
3 inches above, and 3 inches below the belly button should be TOTALLY closed.
So to me – I would pronounce your diastasis TOTALLY closed and you would not need to wear your splint anymore! CONGRATS!
Cool! Thanks for your reply! I am having trouble getting used to the idea that it is closed, it has been a work in progress for so long! I think I might have closed it a few months ago though, I was trying to get that middle part to close all the way. So now that it’s closed, how many sets of seating Tuplers do you suggest I do? I should still double splint for the exercises, right?