Julie Tupler is a Registered Nurse, Certified Personal Trainer and Childbirth Educator. She started developing the Tupler Technique® in 1990 with her Maternal Fitness® Program to prepare women for the “marathon of labor and motherhood.” As a childbirth educator, she realized that childbirth education comes at the end of pregnancy and only prepares your mind. Just like in any marathon you need to prepare your mind and body. That is what the Maternal Fitness Program did. A large diastasis puts a pregnant woman at risk for a C Section as well as ineffective pushing in labor. Her first book written in 1996 was “Maternal Fitness” (Simon& Schuster) was a revolutionary new way to prepare for labor by learning how to push during pregnancy. In 2001 she wrote “Lose Your Mummy Tummy” (Da Capo) to help moms recover from childbirth focusing on treating diastasis recti. Diastasis Rehab was created in 2009 to focus on treatment of diastasis for women, men and children. In 2016 she published Together Tummy (Mascot) which focuses on treatment of diastasis for everyone with a diastasis no matter how or when they got it!
She is on the advisory board of Medical Fitness Network, Fit Pregnancy, Women's Health Foundation and the Women's Sports Foundation
In 2009 Julie started training medical and fitness professionals all over the world in her Tupler Technique®. To see some of the professionals she has trained, click here: https://diastasisrehab.com/pages/licensees
Her program has been now translated into Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, German, Italian and Czech.
Elle Macpherson credits Julie for her 20 minute delivery and her fast recovery. She wrote the forward in Julie’s “Lose Your Mummy Tummy” book. Dr. Oz calls Julie an expert on diastasis recti and the singer Jewel used Julie’s program during her pregnancy. Julie has been on many television shows and featured in many magazine articles.To see them listed on her website click here: https://diastasisrehab.com/pages/media-online-articles
The Tupler Technique® is both research and evidenced based. To see her research from Columbia University Program in Physical Therapy, click here: https://diastasisrehab.com/pages/research-on-diastasis-recti-with-tupler-technique
Her statistics show that in 6 weeks after following all 4 steps of her program you can reduce your diastasis by 55%. Click here to see all her statistics: https://diastasisrehab.com/pages/statistics
Julie has produced five videos (Lose Your Mummy Tummy, Say Goodbye to Your Guts Guys, Ab Rehab, Perfect Pushing, Belly Button Boogie) developed the Diastasis Rehab Splint®, TogetherWear™ Tank & Splint, Together Tape, Corrective Connective Tissue Cream and the Diastometer™ for measuring diastasis. She has also created an ongoing online support program for her clients.
Julie is a frequent speaker at both medical and fitness conferences. Click here to see where she has spoken: https://diastasisrehab.com/pages/about-julie-and-work-with-julie
You can also listen to her speak at the First World Hernia Conference on Abdominal Surgery in Milan in 2015.