Can Exercise and Diet Help Cure Chronic Prostatitis?
Guys, have you ever had a similar experience? Just sitting down during the day, you are urged to get up by the desire to urinate, and you still feel that you can't urinate seven or eight times a day. At night, you are awakened by the desire to urinate, and you only drop a few drops when you go to the bathroom in a daze.
Besides, your perineum is like a warm stone, and you can't get up straight after sitting for a long time. Even after your husband and wife live together, you will feel pain for a long time. People who have not experienced these small torments are really hard to understand.
Because of this suffering, many patients will search for ways to treat chronic prostatitis, in which the combination of "exercise and diet" is always mentioned repeatedly. This leads to the question that everyone is most concerned about: can chronic prostatitis really be cured by exercise and diet?
Next, let's talk about this question and answer your puzzles.
Why Is Chronic Prostatitis So Hard to Treat?
Chronic prostatitis is not like a cold and fever; injection can be good; also, it's not like a fracture, which takes three months to heal. The core is "slow"-symptoms such as frequent urination are not obvious at the onset of the disease, and inflammation has taken root when it is detected; chronic prostatitis gets better slowly, and long-term conditioning is still needed after standardized treatment; chronic prostatitis is also repeated, and staying up late and eating spicy food may come back.
Its etiology is particularly complex: bacterial infection, pelvic congestion caused by stagnant urine, mental stress, and immune disorders may be induced. It has complex causes and a long course of disease, so it is inevitable that there is no "overnight" cure, and it is difficult to cure chronic prostatitis with a single means.
Therefore, exercise and diet alone can not cure chronic prostatitis, but help it recover. Just like in war, standardized treatment is the main force, exercise and diet are the flank support, and it is difficult to win without either.
Standardized treatment (medication or physiotherapy) plus scientific exercise (relaxing muscles, promoting circulation), followed by a precise diet (anti-inflammatory, glandular protection) can alleviate the symptoms of chronic prostatitis, reduce recurrence, and improve the quality of life.
Why Does Exercise Help Improve Chronic Prostatitis?
Many patients feel that "sick should lie down", but for chronic prostatitis, "immobility" is a big taboo. Sitting for a long time will slow down the blood flow in the pelvic cavity, the prostate will continue to be congested, and the inflammation will naturally be difficult to eliminate. Scientific exercise is like "untying" the prostate and helping it "breathe".
There are three principles of sport:
Sports should abide by three principles.
Gentle exercise: don't come up with deadlifts and heavy squats, which increase abdominal pressure and compress the prostate.
Exercise regularly: twenty minutes a day is better than two hours on weekends.
Pay attention to your physical condition: if you have pain in the lower abdomen or perineum during exercise, stop immediately.
Recommend four types of sports:
Pelvic floor muscle training (Kegel exercise): 90% of people will do it wrong, the key is to find the pelvic floor muscle first-when urination suddenly stops the flow of urine, the muscle of exertion is.
Standard action: Contraction for 2-3 seconds, relaxation for 3 seconds, count as 1 time, 2-3 groups per day, 10-15 times per group. Skilled can be extended to 5-10 seconds, or try the "quick release" to enhance flexibility.
Mild aerobic exercise, such as fast walking, jogging, and swimming, is appropriate and can promote pelvic blood circulation. Suggest 3-4 times a week, 20-30 minutes each time, walking around the neighborhood after dinner, or going swimming on weekends.
Core strengthening exercise: Squat against the wall is the most recommended. Back, shoulders, buttocks close to the wall, the back of the head gently against the wall, knees do not exceed the toes, hold for 1-2 minutes. It can enhance core strength, reduce waist burden, and indirectly relieve discomfort.
Stretching exercise: Yoga is recommended. For example, baby pose (kneeling, buttocks close to heels, arms forward, forehead close to the ground) relaxes the lower back; supine tuck (lying flat and holding one knee against the chest) relaxes the buttocks; pigeon pose (four-legged kneeling position, foreleg bending, hind leg straight, body forward) stretches the piriformis muscle, each movement holds for 20 seconds, one round a day is very comfortable.
How to Protect the Prostate Through Diet
The prostate is very "picky mouth", eating right to help it be anti-inflammatory can alleviate the symptoms of chronic prostatitis. If you eat incorrectly, it will aggravate your illness. Need to pay attention to the daily diet. The following are the specific aspects of dietary conditioning:
Recommend five kinds of food:
Foods rich in lycopene: Choose ripe tomatoes, one scrambled egg with tomatoes, or one cup of no-added tomato juice every day.
Eat more omega-3 foods, such as deep-sea fish (twice a week), flaxseed, and walnuts.
Foods rich in zinc: You can eat a handful of pumpkin seeds, oysters (twice a week), and lean meat every day to protect prostate health.
Antioxidant and vitamin-rich foods: You can eat peppers, broccoli, carrots, and blueberries.
Eat more foods rich in dietary fiber: You can eat more oats, brown rice, and other coarse grains and green leafy vegetables, accounting for more than 1/3 of the staple food, which are helpful to intestinal health, and help you stay away from chronic prostatitis, alleviating its symptoms.
Stay away from these five types of prostate-damaging foods:
Spicy food: Chili, etc. Will make the prostate congested; any alcohol can cause inflammation and edema.
Caffeinated drinks: strong coffee, strong tea, etc. They can stimulate the bladder and urethra, aggravating inflammation.
High-sugar foods: cake, milk tea, etc. They will aggravate the symptoms of chronic prostatitis.
Fried and greasy foods: Fried chicken, fat, etc. These foods can increase the body's metabolic burden.
Chronic Prostatitis Recovery Takes Time and Patience
Many people panic when they encounter chronic prostatitis. In fact, it is like hypertension and diabetes, which can be controlled by standardized treatment and conditioning.
Although exercise and diet can not cure chronic prostatitis, they can help alleviate its symptoms and help with its recovery. If you have chronic prostatitis, go to a regular hospital first and let the doctor make a treatment plan according to your condition. Whether to use antibiotics or alpha-blockers (such as terazosin), or to use traditional Chinese medicine conditioning (prescriptions such as Bazheng San have to be prescribed based on syndrome differentiation).
Among them, the commonly used Chinese patent medicine Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill from Dr. Li's clinic, with the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, diuresis, and treating stranguria, can help alleviate discomfort symptoms such as frequent urination, pain in urination, and control inflammation. It is especially suitable for patients with chronic prostatitis, and the Diuretic and Anti-inflammatory Pill can also regulate the constitution and prevent the recurrence of chronic prostatitis.
In addition, the rehabilitation of chronic prostatitis requires the integration of exercise and diet into daily life, 20 minutes of exercise every day, one more chopstick of vegetables, and one less spoonful of pepper when eating.
Conclusion
The recovery of chronic prostatitis is like planting flowers, and you have to wait slowly. You may not feel it for a month, but after three months, you will find that the frequency of urination is less and the pain is lighter. Pay attention to exercise and diet, integrate them into your life, and form good habits.
I believe that exercise and diet, combined with standard treatment, can help chronic prostatitis recover slowly, and you can regain a relaxed life.
