Diastasis : Myths and Misconceptions

Written By Peta Titter

Join Peta and Rhea as they look at the latest evidence around Diastasis Recti, the separation of your abdominal muscle common in pregnancy. They will be discussing how society and the fitness industry has vilified this conditioned.

Topics covered include:

  • is it safe to do sit up when pregnant

  • is there one program or type of exercise that can heal a diastasis

  • addressing the function for a diastasis in pregnancy and why it’s a good thing

  • reviewing how the experts define a diastasis It’s time that both women and the fitness industry had clear and evidence based information around a Diastasis Recti.

Peta Titter

As highly skilled nurse and PhD candidate, Peta is driven to achieve global transformational change for women’s health. She Founded Women’s Health Education Network (WHEN) in 2017. Peta has over 20 years experience working around the world in nursing and health education, including antenatal, postnatal, continence and intensive care.

Peta was driven to establish WHEN by her passion to ensure women have power to decide how they use and move their bodies, and her experience in providing care across her career. Through this work Peta has sat on a variety of governance committee and national boards, volunteered extensively, founded a groundbreaking local business and continues her research and education in women’s health with the University of Tasmania.

https://www.when.org.au/senior-leadership
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