A cesarean adds scar tissue, altered sensation and a slower return to load. These guides cover the healing timeline, scar care, and the safe route back to deep-core training.
A C-section doesn't cause diastasis recti, pregnancy does. But delivery mode does appear to change how likely and how severe it is. Here's what the research actually found, and why the fix is the same either way.
"Six weeks" is a medical clearance, not a green light for crunches. Here's what's actually safe to do with your core at each stage, and why the exercises everyone assumes are fine, sit-ups and planks, are the ones to wait longest on.
The pouch above a C-section scar isn't one thing, it's usually scar tethering, a bit of diastasis, and some skin laxity layered together. Here's what the evidence says actually moves each of them.
The actual technique, timing and evidence behind C-section scar massage, including the honest version, the research is smaller than the internet's confidence about it, but what exists is genuinely encouraging.
A realistic, physio-informed week-by-week guide to healing after a Caesarean, from day 1 in the hospital to full recovery at 6 months.
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