Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Tummy Team client, Katy, six years after she completed Prenatal Core Training. Katy, mom of 6 boys, shares how disconnected she was after two traumatic births and multiple back to back pregnancies and how regaining her core strength has gradually helped her return to her first love, Dancing!

Diastasis Recti and Pregnancy

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Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares how online functional core rehab is effective.  Not all physical therapy works well remotely, but The Tummy Team approach uses education and functional integration strategies to help each client become their own best therapist. The core is all about how we sit, stand, walk, lift and function throughout our every day life.  Listen to how we have learned to help you be effective in your rehab process with our online courses and 1:1 eSessions. 

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Hope for Diastasis

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Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Elif, Tummy Team client, who shares about her traumatic first birth experience and how The Tummy Team helped her redeem the birth of her second baby.  After experiencing brokenness and hopelessness, prenatal core training helped Elif have a pain free second pregnancy and a beautiful birth experience. 

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Splinting During Pregnancy

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In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, shares the big picture about Diastasis Recti.  Yes, this is a separation of the abdominal wall, but it is much more than just a gap in your belly. All the confusion is cleared up as Kelly shares in depth what really causes diastasis, why traditional physical therapy is not super effective at treating it, and how you can heal (and prevent) Diastasis Recti by addressing functional core weakness.  

Check Yourself for a Check Yourself for a Diastasis

Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Core Foundations client, Noa, a mom of three. She was diagnosed with an 8-finger wide diastasis and was told that surgery was her only option.  Noa shares how she refused to settle for that answer, searched for more information, and discovered Core Foundations. Our online core rehab program helped her take her diastasis from an eight-finger separation to only one finger without surgical intervention. 

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Check Yourself for a Diastasis

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Jessica, Tummy Team client, as she shares about feeling scared and overwhelmed after learning about her diastasis with her first pregnancy and how prenatal core training changed everything.  She reports feeling stronger at 40 weeks than she was at 30 weeks. 

Diastasis Recti During Pregnancy

What We Do

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews Monet Noriega, Tummy Team client, who is also now an Endorsed Tummy Team Trained Practitioner. 

In this episode, Kelly Dean, MPT and Founder of The Tummy Team, describes in detail the importance of client self assessment to fully understand your starting point in the functional core rehab process. We often ignore or minimize symptoms that give us valuable information about what our body needs and what it is lacking. Join us and spend some time being honest about what your body needs right now. 

Problem Solving Your Diastasis Recti Self Check

DR Self Check for Men

Kelly Dean, MPT  and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews online Tummy Team client, Jim, as he shares about how he first learned about diastasis recti in men and how The Tummy Team helped him realize that the separation of his abdominals was just one thing holding him back from being strong. 

How Do Men Get DR?

Kelly Dean, MPT and founder of The Tummy Team, interviews 61-year-old Tummy Team client, Beth Forsberg, who shares her story of feeling strong and connected, and relieving her back pain so she can continue to do what she loves as she moves into the next season of her life.

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