Have any of you who have had stomach muscle separation after pregnancy ever had pains in these muscles when trying to do something about it?
It's now over 2 years since I had DD and my muscles are still separated (about 2 fingers). They are especially lax on my LHS - my ribs seem to be stuck out on that side and it is a very conscious effort to pull them back in and straighten up. I've been doing pilates once a week for nearly 2 years. It's only recently that I cottoned on to this rib cage thing, and I've been working harder to try to engage my LHS muscles when doing exercises. When I do abdominal exercises like small crunches I get a very sore pain to the left of my belly button. If this was muscular, I'd feel it all the way down from ribs to pelvis, right? It's definitely a small area. It mostly goes away when I stop exercising, but if I poke that area it feels bruise-like.
I'm planning on asking my GP about this (on advice of pilates teacher), but wondered if anyone else has had anything similar or any suggestions. Forewarned is forearmed and all that.