21/10/2026
You've been to the physio for your back.
You've been doing your Kegels.
You've been told your stomach will "come right" with time.
Most mums we meet are managing these as three separate problems, with three separate plans. When you lay them out side by side, one connection changes the whole picture.
Your core is a four-part pressure system:
• Diaphragm, the breathing muscle that forms the roof
• Deep abdominals, the wall at the front
• Deep spinal muscles, the support along the back
• Pelvic floor, the base that holds everything from below
Together they work like a sealed cylinder. With every breath, every lift and every step, all four parts share the load and manage the pressure inside your trunk.
Pregnancy changes this. Diastasis recti is when the two sides of your abdominal muscle pull apart along the linea alba, the connective tissue running down the centre of your stomach. When that happens, the cylinder loses tension at the front.
The other three parts keep working. They compensate.
The deep spinal muscles overwork, and that shows up as lower back pain.
The pelvic floor takes extra downward load, and that shows up as bladder leaks.
The stomach protrudes because the front wall can no longer hold.
Three symptoms. One structural root. 🌸
Now look at the usual approach. Kegels for the leaks. Stretches for the back. Planks for the stomach. Each one treats an expression of the problem as though it were the whole problem.
The system heals when the root disruption is assessed as a whole.
That assessment also has to be personal. Two women can walk in with the same back pain and the same leaks, and the structural driver behind each can be completely different. That's why a personalised whole-system assessment matters more than any generic exercise plan.
At The Elite Hub, that's where we start.
We Don't Guess. We Test.
Have you been treating these symptoms separately? Drop a comment or send us a message 📩 and let's find out what's really going on.