Treatment of prostatitis should be comprehensive.In addition to drug treatment, physical therapy and nutrition, it is recommended to do special exercises for prostatitis.Regular exercise will help you recover faster and is also a good preventative measure for future disease recurrence.We will tell you how to perform therapeutic exercises for prostatitis, and the video at the end of the article will help a man perform physical exercises correctly.
Benefits of physical activity for prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvic area.Due to impaired blood circulation, prerequisites arise for the development of pathogenic microorganisms and swelling of the prostate.In addition, due to impaired blood flow to the prostate, this organ is supplied with less oxygen, which also contributes to malfunctions in its functioning.
Exercise to treat prostatitis will help improve blood supply to the prostate in men.Thanks to that, the swelling of the organ will be significantly reduced.Regular exercise increases muscle tone, promotes blood flow and accelerates metabolism.
Important!A set of exercises for prostatitis is not the only treatment method.Gymnastics is considered an addition to primary therapy.
Types of exercises and procedures for the prevention and treatment of prostatitis
A man can use the following physical exercises for prostatitis:
- physical therapy;
- yoga;
- Kegel exercises;
- Qigong exercises.
A good addition to any complex physiotherapy will be perineal massage and contrast hydrotherapy of this area.The video at the end of the article will help you understand how to properly exercise for prostatitis.
qigong
Exercises to treat prostatitis for men are found in the ancient Chinese practice of qigong.They help improve blood circulation in the prostate and improve the function of organs in the pelvic area:
- Sitting in lotus position, start rolling your pelvis from side to side.Back straight, palms placed on knees.Amplitude increases gradually but until balance can be maintained.
- In a standing position, hands are placed on the waist and legs are shoulder-width apart.The more comfortable the position, the better.Make rotational movements with your pelvis in different directions.Watch your breathing - it should be even.The back is straight.
- In a standing position, legs together, palms placed on the right knee.Gently lift your right leg as you inhale.Maintain the raised leg position for as long as possible.As you exhale, slowly lower your legs.Repeat the same steps with your left leg.Then, do the same exercise but move your legs away from your body.
- Sit on the floor, back straight, legs placed on top of each other.Bend your knees so your heels touch your groin.As you inhale, lift your knees up (like the flapping of a bird's wings).But it is not necessary to connect them together.As you exhale, lower your knees but do not touch the floor.Repeat the exercise five times: inhale, raise your knees, exhale, lower.
Yoga
Yoga techniques also help remove congestion in the pelvis and improve blood supply to the prostate:
- to relieve venous plexuses, it will be useful to perform inverted poses (sirshasana, viparitakarani mudra, halasana);
- improve the outflow of venous blood from the small pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (during this process, negative pressure arises in the chest area and abdominal cavity, which improves blood flow to the heart), for this purpose it will be useful to perform the exercises dhauti, agnisara, nauli;
- All asanas related to the hip joint activate the vascular and nervous system in the prostate area, and also have a positive effect on the work of organs in the pelvic region (baddha-konasana, sukshma-vyayama, etc.).
Kegel complex
To understand how to perform the exercise Dr.Kegel at home correctly, you need to try to hold back the flow of urine when urinating.This tones the muscles in the prostate area.That's what a man needs to train for.Such training will improve blood circulation in the body.
The essence of this method is as follows:
- Having remembered which muscles are tense during urinary retention, a man should train them in the same way in addition to the process of emptying the bladder.
- About 30 contractions should be performed for each approach.If at first a person feels discomfort when performing the exercises, then they are divided into five approaches, six presses each.
- As the muscles are trained more, the frequency of pressing gradually increases to one hundred.
Another Kegel complex involves tensing and relaxing the muscles in the anal area.The advantage of such exercises is that you can easily do them anytime, anywhere (at work, on the go), because others cannot see anything.During the day, it is recommended to do a maximum of three presses, 20 times each.Exercising the anal muscles is helpful in preventing prostatitis.
Important!A man will notice the first improvement after two weeks of regular Kegel exercises.
Therapeutic exercises
Physiotherapy for prostatitis necessarily includes a series of physiotherapy exercises:
- From a standing position, perform a slow but incomplete squat (knees bent).While squatting, the knees are pointed in different directions.
- Stand straight with your feet together.Without arching your back, lift each knee in turn as high as possible.
- Squat halfway and lean forward, then slowly stand up straight and spread your arms out to the sides.At the same time, one leg is shifted to the side.For each leg, the exercise is repeated 9 times.
- While lying or sitting, squeeze the ball between your knees.Hold in the compressed position for 7 seconds.Then relax your legs completely.
- Lying on your back, perform the “bicycle” exercise - these are rotations with your legs bent at the knees.
It is also very useful to make a "birch tree".From a lying position, lift your legs up and use your hands to support your lower back.Stay in this position for a quarter of a minute.