Surgery plus targeted rehab closes abdominal gap in resistant postpartum cases

Researchers found that combining surgery with a structured training and rehabilitation program successfully treats rectus diastasis — a painful abdominal muscle separation that resists conservative therapy in some postpartum women. The finding offers gynecologists and surgical centers a validated treatment pathway for a condition affecting millions of women annually.

Originaltitel: The TOR concept (training, operation, and rehabilitation) applied to a cohort of postpartum women with training-resistant symptomatic rectus diastasis: evaluation 1 year after surgery