Treatment of inflammatory prostate pathology should be comprehensive.In addition to drug therapy, physiotherapy and nutritional therapy, it is recommended to perform special exercises for prostatitis.Regular exercise promotes faster recovery and is also a good preventive measure against a later relapse of the disease.We will tell you how therapeutic exercises are performed in prostatitis, and the video at the end of the article will help a person to perform physical exercises correctly.
The benefits of physical activity in case of prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvis.Due to the deterioration of blood circulation, there are prerequisites for the proliferation of pathogenic microorganisms and swelling of the prostate.In addition, due to the deterioration of blood flow to the prostate, the organ is less well supplied with oxygen, which also contributes to dysfunction.
Prostatitis exercise helps to improve blood supply to the male gland.As a result, the swelling of the organ is significantly reduced.Regular exercise increases muscle tone, which promotes blood flow and speeds up metabolic processes.
Important!Exercise is not the only treatment for prostatitis.Gymnastics is considered a supplement to the main therapy.
Types of exercises and procedures to prevent and treat prostatitis
A man can use the following physical exercises in case of prostatitis:
- Physiotherapy;
- yoga;
- Kegel exercises;
- Qigong exercises.
A good addition to any physical therapy complex is perineal massage and contrast water treatments in this area.The video at the end of the article will help you understand how to do the exercises correctly in prostatitis.
Qigong
Exercises for prostatitis in men can be found in the ancient Chinese Qigong gymnastics.They help to improve the blood circulation of the prostate and improve the functioning of the pelvic organs:
- Sitting in a lotus position, begin to roll from side to side on your pelvic bones.The back is straight, the palms rest on the knees.We gradually increase the amplitude, but until we can maintain the balance.
- In a standing position, your hands are on your belt and both feet are shoulder-width apart.The pose is as relaxed as possible.Make rotating movements with the pelvis in different directions.Pay attention to your breathing - it should be even.The back is straight.
- Standing, feet together, palm on right knee.As you inhale, smoothly raise your right leg.Stay in this position with your legs raised as long as possible.As you exhale, gradually lower your legs.Repeat the same steps with your left leg.After that, do the same exercise, but move your legs away from your body.
- Sit on the floor with your back straight, feet resting on each other.Bend your knees so that your heels touch your groin.As you inhale, lift your knees (like a bird flapping its wings).But it is not necessary to connect them.As you exhale, lower your knees but do not let them touch the floor.Repeat the exercise five times: lifting the knees while inhaling, exhaling, lowering.
Yoga
Yoga techniques help get rid of pelvic congestion and improve blood supply to the prostate:
- to relieve the load on the venous plexuses, it is useful to perform inverted asanas (sirshasana, viparitakarani mudra, halasana);
- improves the flow of venous blood from the pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (during this, negative pressure is created in the area of the chest and abdominal cavity, which improves the flow of blood to the heart), for this purpose it is useful to perform dhauti, agnisara, and nauli exercises;
- all asanas involving the hip joint activate the vascular system and the nervous system in the prostate area, and also have a positive effect on the functioning of the pelvic organs (baddha-konasana, sukshma-vyayama, etc.).
Kegel complex
To understand how to correctly perform Dr. Kegel exercises at home, you need to try to hold back the flow of urine while urinating.This tightens the muscles in the prostate area.A man must train them.Such training improves blood circulation in the body.
The essence of the method is as follows:
- Remembering which muscles are tensed during urinary retention, the man should train them in a similar way outside of the bladder emptying process.
- We recommend doing about 30 contractions for each approach.If at first a person feels uncomfortable while performing the exercises, then they are divided into five approaches, each with six compressions.
- As the muscles become more hardened, the frequency of compressions 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 they can be easily performed anywhere (at work, in transport), since others cannot see anything.During the day, it is recommended to perform no more than three approaches, 20 times each.Exercising the muscles of the anus is useful in preventing prostatitis.
Important!A man notices the first improvement after two weeks of regular Kegel exercises.
Therapeutic practice
Physiotherapy for prostatitis necessarily includes a whole range of physical therapy exercises:
- From a standing position, do slow squats, but not fully (knees bent).During the squat, the knees are pointed in different directions.
- Stand straight with your feet together.Without arching your back, raise each knee as high as possible.
- Half-squat and lean forward, then slowly straighten up and spread your arms out to the sides.At the same time, one leg is moved to the side.For each leg, the exercise is repeated 9 times.
- While lying down or sitting, squeeze the ball between your knees.Hold the compressed position for 7 seconds.Then relax your legs completely.
- Lying on your back, perform the "bicycle" exercise - these are rotating movements with legs bent at the knees.
It is also useful to make a "birch tree".From a lying position, raise your legs and support your lower back with your hands.Stay in this position for a quarter of a minute.