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Every Mother™ (formerly known as The Dia Method®) grew out of Leah Keller’s private training practice in New York City, where she had established an impressive track record coaching fitness clients to prevent, treat and fully resolve diastasis recti (a common post-pregnancy condition in which the abdominal muscles separate). In 2013, an OB at Weill Cornell learned of her work and suggested collaborating on a study.
Leah’s approach is revolutionary because most common core exercises, such as crunches and bicycle crunches, strengthen the muscles at the expense of the connective tissue, actually worsening the condition rather than improving it. When the research team took a closer look, they realized Every Mother™ was onto something. Out of 63 subjects who participated in the workout program, 100 percent (!) fully closed the gap in under 12 weeks. They also reported lower incidence of back pain and improved urinary continence, no matter how long ago they had given birth. The results were published in a 2014 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. “[These workouts] provide tremendous, measurable results, including improved core strength and function, and inches off the waist,” says Leah.
A recent investigative piece by npr related to using the EMbody method to resolve diastasis recti also revealed great results for those involved, and became npr’s 4th most popular story of 2017. Not only is the effectiveness of the EMbody program proven, but the need for it is vast.
