I've been going to physical therapy twice weekly and my therapist, due to back issues, has me doing core stabilization but I swear my tummy is getting bigger and not flatter. It also feels firm like it did when I was pregnant and I know that I am not. What's going on?
2007-12-17 18:05:42 · 2 answers · asked by Mom of One in Wisconsin 6 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Pilate's core stabilizing. Yes I did it and one day in the shower noticed two extra bumps, panic! I told the PT who laughed and said 'They are not bumps, they are well defined muscles!' I have to admit I never had muscle their before. You are at the start of getting rid of the access flab and starting to tighten the muscles. Give it a few extra weeks and you too will wake up with well defined flat tummy muscles. However I do hope you are doing these exercises at home and when out shopping. Suck it in! Good Luck
2007-12-17 23:02:25 · answer #1 · answered by gillianprowe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Based on the research I did it could be that the exercises are causing you to build muscle in that area. Here's the link to the search I did that may be of even more help to you:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?search=core+stabilization+exercises&ei=UTF-8&fr=ks-ans&ico-yahoo-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DAn.OlbSv3oi60hBp_XG_1QAazKIX%3B_ylv%3D0%2FSIG%3D11iqnm3hg%2FEXP%3D1198061119%2F*-http%253A%2F%2Fsearch.yahoo.com%2Fsearch&ico-wikipedia-search-value=http%3A%2F%2Frds.yahoo.com%2F_ylt%3DArE4VEaipX1ocgL8.Vwlch0azKIX%3B_ylv%3D0%2FSIG%3D121fmemg5%2FEXP%3D1198061119%2F*-http%253A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSpecial%253aSearch&p=core+stabilization+exercises
I would recommend letting your physical therapist know of your concerns with doing these exercises to see what she says.
2007-12-18 05:50:55 · answer #2 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋