Diastasis! Part 2: Presenting the evidence - Navigating another pregnancy with Claire Black and special guest Antony Lo

At Your Cervix

**Bonus series** Learn all about Diastasis Rectus Abdominis and what contemporary evidence informed management looks like as Gráinne busts the myths with Antony Lo and Claire Black and learns all about Claire's lived experience of Diastasis. If you have not already listened to Part 1, check it out first and then follow the discussion as Claire discusses her subsequent pregnancy with a Diastasis, conflicting messages surrounding it and how recovery went second time round. Hear evidence informed insights from Antony Lo and learn about the fun journey Claire, Antony and Gráinne have been on over the last few years...! Claire Black is a former criminal lawyer from Scotland who experienced significant, persisting diastasis following the birth of her first baby. Not only has she been a driver in raising awareness of diastasis around the world but her personal experience has also served as a catalyst for change and development to ensure professionals around the world are implementing best practice. She lives with her husband, son, daughter and two spaniels. She has always had a love for sport and exercise and recently became engaged with Crossfit (even with a significant diastasis) and is now stronger and more capable than ever before! She has a blog capturing more of her journey called Bump, Birth and Beyond https://www.tumblr.com/mybumpbirthandbeyond. You can also find Claire on Instagram @clairemmac. Antony Lo is a physiotherapist from Australia and runs The Physio Detective service and My PT Education. He helps the general public and health and fitness professionals who struggle to progress women to moderate-to-high intensity exercise by cutting through the BS and thinking outside the box so they confidently assist people to achieve their goals. He earned his degree from the University of Sydney and has been in practice since 1997 (old enough to see old things come back as new things!). He completed his post- graduate Master in Manual Therapy (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy) from the University of Western Australia and commenced his Specialization training in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He has been involved in antenatal and postnatal education and management for his whole career (since 1997). Through participation and through his work as a Physiotherapist at all levels of sport, coaching and education, he has developed a model of treatment that utilizes the best from Sports Science, Musculoskeletal/Sports Physiotherapy, Pain Science, and Women’s Health research to provide a practical, realistic holistic model of care balancing the biopsychosocial model of healthcare with the best of historical assessment and management approaches. He is privileged to teach health and fitness professionals around the world in person and online in addition to his clinical work. Antony has a wife and 3 beautiful children in the best city in the world – Sydney, Australia! Contact: www.antonylo.com www.Instagram.com/physiodetective If you enjoy this episode, are accessible to Dublin, Ireland and wish to learn more about diastasis, Claire and I will be joining Antony Lo on his Irish leg of teaching this month 21st and 22nd January 2023. We would love you to join! Sign up at https://mypteducation.com/learn/#upcominglive.