Treatment of inflammatory prostate disease should be comprehensive.In addition to drug therapy, physiotherapy and nutritional therapy, it is recommended to perform special exercises for prostatitis.Regular exercise will help you recover faster and is also a good preventative measure against future relapses of the disease.We will tell you how therapeutic exercises for prostatitis are performed, and the video at the end of the article will help a man perform physical exercises correctly.
The benefits of physical activity for prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvic area.Due to deterioration of blood circulation, prerequisites are created 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 malfunctions in its functioning.
Gymnastics for prostatitis will help improve blood supply to the male gland.As a result, the swelling of the organ will significantly decrease.Regular exercise increases muscle tone, promoting blood flow and accelerating 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 will be perineal massage and contrasting water treatments for this area.The video at the end of the article will help you understand how to correctly perform exercises 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 the functioning of organs in the pelvic area:
- Sitting in the lotus position, begin to roll on the pelvic bones from side to side.The back is straight and the palms of the hands rest on the knees.The amplitude is gradually increased, but until balance can be maintained.
- In a standing position, your hands are on the belt and both legs are shoulder-width apart.The pose is as relaxed as possible.Perform rotational movements with your pelvis in different directions.Observe your breathing: it should be even.The back is straight.
- In a standing position, legs together, palms on the right knee.Gently lift your right leg as you inhale.Stay in the raised leg position for as long as possible.As you exhale, gradually lower your leg.Repeat the same steps with the left leg.Next, 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 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 them to the ground.Repeat the exercise five times: inhaling, raising your knees, exhaling, lowering them.
Yoga
Yoga techniques also help to get rid of congestion in the pelvis and improve blood flow to the prostate:
- to unload the venous plexuses it is useful to perform inverted asanas (sirshasana, viparitakarani mudra, halasana);
- improve the outflow of venous blood from the small pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (during this a negative pressure is formed in the area of the chest and abdominal cavity, which improves the outflow of blood to the heart), for this purpose it is useful to do dhauti, agnisara, nauli exercises;
- all asanas involving the hip joints activate the vascular and nervous system in the prostate area and also have a positive effect on the functioning of organs in the pelvic area (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 during urination.This tightens the muscles in the prostate area.It is they that a man must train himself.Such training will improve blood circulation in the organ.
The essence of the method is as follows:
- Having remembered which muscles tense during urinary retention, a man should similarly train them outside the process of emptying the bladder.
- It is recommended to perform approximately 30 contractions for each approach.If at first a person feels discomfort while performing the exercises, they are divided into five approaches of six compressions each.
- As the muscles become more trained, the frequency of compressions is gradually increased up to one hundred.
Another Kegel complex involves tensing and relaxing the muscles of the anal area.The advantage of such exercises is that they are easy to perform wherever you are (at work, in transport), since others cannot see anything.During the day it is recommended to carry out up to three series of 20 compressions each.Training the muscles of the anus is useful for the prevention of prostatitis.
Important!A man will notice the first improvement after two weeks of regular Kegel exercises.
Therapeutic exercise
Physiotherapy for prostatitis necessarily includes a whole series of physiotherapy exercises:
- From a standing position, perform slow squats, but not completely (knees are bent).During a squat, the knees are directed in different directions.
- Stand straight with your feet together.Without bending your back, raise each knee as high as possible.
- Squat halfway down 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 or sitting, squeeze the ball between your knees.Maintain the compressed position for 7 seconds.Then relax your legs completely.
- Lying on your back, perform the "bicycle" exercise - these are rotational movements with your legs bent at the knees.
It is also useful to make a "birch".From the lying position, lift your legs and support your lower back with your hands.Stay in this position for a quarter of a minute.