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Pelvic Floor Therapy and EDS physical therapy serving Bethesda and Washington DC surrounding metropolitan areas
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Pelvic Floor Therapy and EDS physical therapy serving Bethesda and Washington DC surrounding metropolitan areas
Chronic prostatitis or chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is defined as pain, pressure, or discomfort localised in the pelvic region, perineum, or genitalia that lasts for more than three months, without the presence of uropathogenic bacteria.
Have you been dealing with burning with urination, increased urinary frequency, abnormal urinary urgency, pain with ejaculation? Have you been to a number of urology appointments and have been diagnosed with a UTI / Prostatitis and been on rounds of antibiotics? Maybe, they seem to help a little bit but then the symptoms come back again. It could be your pelvic floor muscles.
The pelvic floor constitutes a group of muscles along the external genital area and also internally when accessed through the rectum. These muscles neighbor nerves, veins, arteries. Sometimes, there is a sensitivity/ tension, neural upregulation or an issue with how the muscles are contracting or relaxing. Eventually, people can end up with chronic prostatitis.
A recent study on Conservative management of Type III A/B chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome by Ryan Yu-Fai Hon, Rachel Worman, David Cowley, Adam Ivan Semicw showed excellent improvements in symptoms of chronic pelvic pain/ chronic prostatitis with conservative management .
These included lifestyle modifications, pelvic floor physical therapy through electrical stimulation, biofeedback, manual therapy.
If you are dealing with these symptoms, see a pelvic health provider. We can help you massively. There is hope and things can get better!