Treatment of inflammatory pathology of the prostate should be comprehensive.In addition to drug therapy, physical therapy 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 to perform therapeutic exercises for prostatitis, and the video at the end of the article will help a man to do physical exercises correctly.
The benefits of physical activity in prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvis.Due to the deterioration of blood circulation, conditions arise for the reproduction 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 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, which promotes blood flow and accelerates metabolic processes.
important!The complex of exercises for prostatitis is not the only treatment.Gymnastics is considered a supplement to the main therapy.
Types of exercises and procedures for the prevention and treatment of prostatitis
One can use the following physical exercises for prostatitis:
- physical therapy;
- yoga;
- Kegel exercises;
- Qigong exercises.
A good addition to any complex of physiotherapy will be perineal massage and contrast water procedures for this area.The video at the end of the article will help you understand how to properly do exercises for prostatitis.
Qigong
Prostatitis exercises for men are found in the ancient Chinese gymnastics of Qigong.They help to improve blood circulation in the prostate and improve the functioning of the organs in the pelvic area:
- Sitting in 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 as long as it is possible to maintain a 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 rotating movements with the pelvis in different directions.Watch your breathing - it should be even.The back is straight.
- Standing, legs together, palms on right knee.Gently raise the right leg while inhaling.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.Then do the same exercise, but move your legs away from your body.
- Sit on the floor, back straight, feet resting on each other.Bend your knees so that your heels touch your groin.As you inhale, lift your knees up (like a flap of bird wings).But there is no need to link them together.As you exhale, lower your knees, but do not let them touch the floor.Repeat the exercise five times: inhaling, lifting the knees, exhaling, lowering.
Yoga
Yoga techniques also help to get rid of congestion in the pelvis and improve blood supply to the prostate:
- to unload the venous plexuses, it is useful to do inverted asanas (sirshasana, viparitararani mudra, halasana);
- improving the flow of venous blood from the small pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (during this, a negative pressure occurs in the chest and abdominal cavity, which improves blood flow to the heart), for this purpose it is useful to do exercises dhauti, agnisara, nauli;
- all asanas that involve the hip joints activate the vascular and nervous system in the prostate area, and also have a positive effect on the functioning of the organs in the pelvic area (baddha-konasana, sukshma-vyayama, etc.).
Kegel complex
To understand how to properly do Dr. Kegel exercises at home, you should try to hold the flow of urine during urination.This is how the muscles in the prostate area tighten.It is them that one should train.Such training will improve blood circulation in the body.
The essence of the method is as follows:
- After remembering which muscles are strained during urinary retention, a man should train them in a similar way outside the process of emptying the bladder.
- It is recommended to do approximately 30 contractions for each approach.If at first a person feels discomfort when performing the exercises, then they are divided into five approaches of six compressions each.
- As the muscles become more trained, 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 are easy to perform wherever you are (at work, in transport), since others do not see anything.During the day, it is recommended to do up to three sets of 20 compressions each.Training the muscles of the anus is useful for the prevention of prostatitis.
important!One will notice the first improvement after two weeks of regular Kegel exercises.
Physical therapy
Physiotherapy for prostatitis necessarily includes a whole range of physiotherapy exercises:
- From a standing position, do slow squats, but not completely (knees bent).During the squat, the knees are pointed in different directions.
- Stand straight with your feet together.Without bending your back, lift each knee in turn as high as possible.
- Half-squat and lean forward, then slowly stand up and spread your arms out to your sides.At the same time, one leg moves to the side.For each leg, the exercise is repeated 9 times.
- While lying or sitting, squeeze the ball between your knees.Hold in compressed position for 7 seconds.Then relax your legs completely.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise - these are rotating movements with legs bent at the knees.
It is also useful to make a "birch".From a lying position, lift your legs up and support your lower back with your hands.Stay in this position for a quarter of a minute.