Many pelvic floor conditions can be managed and healed without surgery. Seeing a specialist who is trained as a pelvic floor trainer may help you better understand your symptoms and design a personalised program to help alleviate your pelvic discomfort or pain through retraining and strengthening your muscles. Some people will see a pelvic floor specialist just once or twice to assess their strength and flexibility, to get assistance with learning a specialized exercise and s

What is Abdominal Separation? The six-pack muscle (Rectus Abdominis) runs from your breast bone to your pubic bone and is joined together with a strong fibrous sheath called the Linea Alba. In Latin, Rectus means “straight” and Abdominis means “abdominals”. “Linea” is referred to as “line” and “Alba” means “white” ie white line. In some pregnancies, the Linea Alba becomes a little darker in colour and is visible on your stomach. This is called Linea Negra which simply means “