What is Prostate Massage Therapy?

Prostate enlargement, also known as prostatic hyperplasia, is a common prostate disease that often occurs in middle-aged and elderly men. This disease is relatively difficult to treat. The key lies in self-adjustment and health care. Massage should be performed more often, which can promote blood circulation, improve some symptom manifestations caused by prostatic hyperplasia, and delay the patient's symptom manifestations.

1. Self-massage:

The patient squats or lies in a lateral flexion position. After cleaning the anus and lower rectum after defecation, press the prostate with your middle or index finger. The method is the same as before. Massage for 3 to 5 minutes each time. It is best if prostate fluid is discharged from the urethra each time. The force must be gentle during massage. Soap can be used to lubricate the finger cot before massage to reduce discomfort. Each massage treatment should be at least 3 days apart. If the prostate is found to be obviously tender during self-massage. The cystic sensation is enhanced, it is necessary to go to a specialist clinic in time to avoid the situation of prostate massage during acute attacks of chronic prostatitis.

2. Conventional massage therapy

(1) Massage the Dantian: Lie on your back and place your hands on the Dantian (3 inches below the umbilicus). Rotate left and right and massage 30 times each. Do not use too much force or too fast.

(2) Finger pressure method: Select Zhongji point (2 inches below the umbilicus), Yinlingquan point (in the depression directly below the medial ankle of the tibia), and Sanyinjiao point (3 inches directly above the medial ankle, on the posterior edge of the tibia). Press each point with your fingers for a few minutes, once in the morning and once in the evening.

(3) Massage the perineum: Lie on your back with your knees bent to locate the acupoint. Rub your palms together to warm them up. Then use your index finger to gently massage the perineum 20 times, once in the morning and once in the evening.

(4) Rub the soles of your feet: After rubbing your palms together to warm them up, rub the sole of your left foot with your right palm, and then rub the sole of your right foot with your left palm, 50 times each. Do this 3 times each in the morning, noon, and evening.

(5) Point pressure method: Used in the umbilicus, lower abdomen, and above the pubic symphysis from left to right. Press gently, once every 1 to 2 seconds, and press continuously for about 20 times, but be careful not to use too much force. Used for urinary retention caused by prostatic hypertrophy.

3. After defecation

Massage therapy can be performed after cleaning the anus and lower rectum. The patient takes the chest-knee position or the side-lying position. The doctor uses the index finger to touch the prostate along the anus to the anus wall of the rectum, and then gently presses the prostate from the outside to the top, inside to the bottom. At the same time, the patient is instructed to lift the anus to discharge the prostate fluid out of the urethra and urinate immediately.

4. Back massage therapy

(1) Place your hands behind your back and use the base of your thumb (first and second metacarpal bones) to massage from below the shoulder blades along the bladder meridian on both sides of the spine to the center of the buttocks, moving up and down with a little force for 36 times until you feel warmth.

(2) Use the base of your hands to massage your lower back and forth 36 times, centering on the Shenshu point (1.5 inches below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra), until you feel heat.

(3) Use your left palm to massage from the coccyx upward along the spine to the middle of the thoracic spine. Use your right hand to massage from the middle of the thoracic spine downward along the spine to the coccyx. When the two hands meet, the upper palm passes through the lower palm. Massage 36 times in total until you feel a fever.

(4) Place your palms together and place them on the eight acupoints (above the coccyx at the lower back, in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sacral foramina). Massage 36 times with a little force until you feel warm or hot. But be careful not to damage the skin.