Treatment of inflammatory prostate pathology should be comprehensive.In addition to drug therapy, physiotherapy and nutritional therapy, it is recommended to do special exercises for prostatitis.Regular exercise will help you recover faster and is also a good preventative measure against future relapses.We will tell you how therapeutic exercises are performed for prostatitis, and the video at the end of the article will help a man do physical exercises correctly.
Benefits of physical activity for prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvic area.Due to the deterioration of blood circulation, prerequisites arise 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 supplied with oxygen, which also contributes to damage in its function.
Gymnastics for prostatitis will help increase blood supply to the male gland.As a result, organ swelling will be significantly reduced.Regular exercise increases muscle tone, which promotes blood flow and speeds up metabolic processes.
Important!A set of exercises for prostatitis is not the only treatment.Gymnastics is considered an addition to the main 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 physical therapy complex is perineal massage and different water treatments for this area.The video at the end of the article will help you understand how to do exercises correctly for prostatitis.
Qigong
Exercises for prostatitis for men are found in the ancient Chinese gymnastics Qigong.They help improve blood circulation in the prostate and improve organ function in the pelvic area:
- Sitting in a lotus position, begin to roll on your pelvic bones from side to side.The back is straight, and the palms rest on the knees.The amplitude increases gradually, but until it is possible to maintain 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.Perform rotational movements with your pelvis in different directions.Pay attention to your breathing - it should be uniform.The back is straight.
- In a standing position, feet together, palms on the right knee.Lift your right leg smoothly as you inhale.Remain in the position with the legs raised for as long as possible.As you exhale, gradually lower your legs.Repeat the same steps with your left leg.After this, do the same exercise, but keep your legs away from your body.
- Sit on the floor, back straight, feet together.Bend your knees so that your heels touch your groin.As you inhale, lift your knees (like a bird flapping its wings).But there is no need to link them together.As you exhale, lower your knees, but do not touch them to the floor.Repeat the exercise five times: while inhaling, lifting your knees, exhaling, lowering.
Yoga
Yoga techniques also help relieve congestion in the pelvis and increase blood supply to the prostate:
- to unload the venous plexus, it is useful to perform inverted asanas (sirshasana, vidistriburani mudra, halasana);
- increase the outflow of venous blood from the small pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (at this time, negative pressure arises in the chest area and abdominal cavity, which increases the outflow of blood to the heart), for this purpose it is useful to do dhauti, agnisara, nauli exercises;
- all asanas involving the hip joint activate the vascular and nervous system in the prostate area, and also have a positive effect on the function of organs in the pelvic area (baddha-konasana, sukshma-vyayama, etc.).
Kegel complex
To understand how to properly 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.They are the ones a man needs to train.Such exercises will improve blood circulation in the organs.
The essence of the method is as follows:
- Having remembered which muscles are tense during urinary retention, a man should train them in the same way outside the process of emptying the bladder.
- It is recommended to do about 30 contractions for each approach.If at first a person feels uncomfortable when doing exercises, then they are divided into five approaches of six compressions each.
- As the muscles become more trained, the compression frequency gradually increases to one hundred.
Another Kegel complex involves the tension and relaxation of the muscles in the anal area.The advantage of such training is that it is easy to do wherever you are (at work, in transport), because others cannot see anything.During the day, it is advisable to do up to three approaches of 20 compressions each.Training the anal muscles is useful for the prevention of prostatitis.
Important!A man will see the first improvement after two weeks of regular Kegel exercises.
Therapeutic exercise
Physiotherapy for prostatitis should include the whole range of physical therapy exercises:
- From a standing position, do squats slowly, but not completely (knees bent).When squatting, the knees are directed in different directions.
- Stand up straight with your feet together.Without bending your back, lift each knee as high as possible.
- Half squat and lean forward, then slowly straighten and extend your arms 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 in the compressed position for 7 seconds.Then relax your legs completely.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise - this is a rotational movement with the legs bent at the knees.
It is also useful for making "birch trees".From a lying position, lift your legs up and support your lower back with your hands.Remain in this position for a quarter of a minute.