Treatment of inflammatory pathology of the prostate 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 the disease coming back in the future.We will show 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.
Benefits of physical activity for prostatitis
Chronic prostatitis is characterized by stagnant processes in the pelvic area.Due to the deterioration of blood circulation, the prerequisites for the spread of pathogenic microorganisms and swelling of the prostate arise.In addition, due to the deterioration of blood flow to the prostate, the organ is supplied with less 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 decrease significantly.Regular exercise increases muscle tone, which promotes blood flow and accelerates metabolic processes.
Important!A set of exercises for prostatitis is not the only treatment.Gymnastics is considered as 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 a perineal massage and water contrast 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 the functioning of the organs in the pelvic area:
- Sitting in the lotus position, begin to roll 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 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.Perform rotational movements with your pelvis in different directions.Watch 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.Stay in the position with your leg raised for as long as possible.As you exhale, gradually lower your leg.Repeat the same steps with your left leg.After that, do the same exercise, but move the legs away from the body.
- Sit on the floor, back straight, legs resting on each other.Bend your knees so that your heels touch your hips.As you inhale, lift your knees up (like the flapping of a bird's wings).But there is no need to connect them together.As you exhale, lower your knees, but do not touch the floor.Repeat the exercise five times: inhaling, raising 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 discharge the venous plexuses, it is useful to do inverted asanas (sirshasana, viparitakarani mudra, halasana);
- improves venous blood flow from the small pelvis by moving the abdominal muscles (during this, negative pressure arises in the chest area and abdominal cavity, which improves blood flow to the heart), for this 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 the organs in the pelvic area (baddha-konasana, sukshma-vyayama, etc.).
Kegel complex
To understand how to do the exercises of Dr.Kegel correctly at home, you should 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 training will improve blood circulation in the body.
The essence of the method is as follows:
- Remembering which muscles are tensed during urine 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 doing the exercises, then they are divided into five approaches with 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 cannot see anything.During the day, it is advisable to do up to three approaches 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 exercises
Physiotherapy for prostatitis necessarily includes a whole range of physical therapy exercises:
- From a standing position, perform squats slowly, but not completely (knees are bent).During a squat, the knees point in different directions.
- Stand straight with your feet together.Without bending your back, lift each knee in turn as high as possible.
- Sit halfway down and bend forward, then slowly straighten up and extend your arms to your 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, do the "bicycle" exercise - these are rotating 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.