Diastasis Recti can be caused when there is too much inter-abdominal pressure. Your “six-pack muscles” or rectus abdominis must separate during pregnancy due to the growth of your uterus. It’s only afterwards that you can start to rebuild your core strength.
When your core is weakened, its functions are compromised. This may lead to annoying consequences like peeing your pants while sneezing, coughing, running, and in a worse case scenario even organ prolapse, abdominal hernia and back pain.