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 a good preventative measure against future recurrences.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 perform physical exercises correctly.
Benefits of physical activity for prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvic area.In connection with the deterioration of blood circulation, the initial conditions for the reproduction of pathogenic microorganisms and swelling of the prostate are created.In addition, due to the deterioration of blood flow to the prostate, the organ is less supplied with oxygen, which causes malfunctions in its work.
Gymnastics for prostatitis will help to improve blood supply to the male gland.As a result, swelling of the body will be significantly reduced.Regular exercise increases muscle tone, which promotes blood flow and speeds up metabolic processes.
It is important!A series 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 would 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 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 region:
- Sitting in a lotus position, begin to roll from side to side in your pelvis.The back is straight, the palms rest on the knees.The amplitude gradually increases, but until it is possible to maintain the balance.
- In a standing position, your hands are on your belt and both feet are shoulder-width apart.The pose is as comfortable as possible.Rotate your pelvis in different directions.Watch your breath - it should be uniform.The back is straight.
- In standing position, feet together, palm on right knee.As you inhale, raise your right leg smoothly.Stay in the position with your leg elevated for as long as possible.While inhaling, gradually lower your leg.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, back straight, feet together.Bend your knees so that your heels touch your groin.As you inhale, lift your knees up (like flapping a bird's wings).But there is no need to connect them together.While inhaling, lower your knees, but do not touch the floor.Repeat the exercise five times: inhaling, raising your knees, exhaling, lowering.
Yoga
Yoga techniques also help to get rid of congestion in the pelvis and improve blood supply to the prostate:
- it is useful to do inverted asanas (sirshasana, viparitakarani mudra, halasana) to empty the venous plexuses;
- to improve venous blood flow from the small pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (during which negative pressure is created in the chest and abdominal cavity, which improves blood flow to the heart), for this purpose it is useful to do dhauti, agnisara, nauli exercises;
- all the asanas involving the hip joints activate the vascular and nervous system in the prostate gland, as well as have a positive effect on the work of the pelvic organs (baddha-konasana, sukshma-vyayama, etc.).
Kegel complex
To understand how to properly perform Dr. Kegel exercises at home, you need to try to stop the flow of urine during urination.This tightens the muscles in the prostate area.They are what a man should train.Such exercise will improve blood circulation in the body.
The essence of the method is as follows:
- Remembering which muscles are strained during urination, a man should exercise them in a similar way outside the process of emptying the bladder.
- It is recommended to do about 30 stitches for each approach.At first, if a person feels discomfort during exercises, then it is divided into five approaches, each of which consists of six compressions.
- As the muscles train more, the compression frequency gradually increases to one hundred.
Another Kegel complex involves tensing and relaxing the muscles in the anal region.The advantage of such exercises is that they are easy to perform wherever you are (at work, in transport), because others cannot see anything.During the day, it is recommended to do up to three approaches of 20 compressions each.Exercising the muscles of the anus is useful for the prevention of prostatitis.
It is important!A man will see the first improvement after two weeks of regular Kegel exercises.
Therapeutic exercise
Physiotherapy for prostatitis necessarily includes a number of physical therapy exercises:
- From a standing position, do squats slowly, but not completely (knees bent).During squatting, the knees are directed in different directions.
- Stand with your legs straight.Without bending your back, lift each knee in turn as high as possible.
- Half-squat and bend forward, then slowly straighten and spread your arms to the sides.At the same time, one leg is moved to the side.The exercise is repeated 9 times for each leg.
- Squeeze the ball between your knees while lying down or sitting.Hold for 7 seconds.Then relax your legs completely.
- Lying on your back, do the "bicycle" exercise - these are rotational movements with your legs bent at the knees.
It is also useful to make a "birch tree".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.