Hi! My name is Cathlyn Corrado. I have my doctorate in physical therapy, specializing in pediatrics. More importantly though, I am also a mom to 3 wonderful boys. When my youngest son was just 3 months old, he developed an umbilical hernia. Our pediatrician’s advice was to just “wait and see” because that is the current standard of care for this very common issue in infants. If an umbilical hernia is going to close on its own, it’s likely to close before they are 18 months old and up and walking. That is a long time to “wait and see” in the life of an infant.

Now, this is a hard thing to do as a mom when your child’s intestines are protruding through his abdomen, but it is an even harder thing to do as a pediatric physical therapist! Because of my background, I knew that the gap that was widening between his abdominal muscles could be affecting his ability to use those muscles. These core muscles are the ones he needs to achieve all of his most important milestones like rolling, crawling, and sitting up. I started doing my own research and found that there is no product currently on the market that can truly help address this problem in its entirety, so I decided to develop my own. I tried it with my own son and had incredible results.