Hello,
i am a 35 male and have been suffering with what I believe is prostatitis for over a month, my main problem is after an orgasm a few hours later ,or even the next morning , I have penile pain and or burning that lasts for 3 to 4 days. when this first happened I didn't masturbate for two weeks and slowly the pain stopped and I felt pretty normal. I had a couple of pain free orgasms after that but then it came back after the third one, the only difference in the three times was the first two were in a hot bath and the thrid wasn't. so I rested myself again for two weeks and tried it again but the pain is back.... I had gone to the doctor a couple months ago to be checked for a urinary tract infection but all the tests came up negative. the pain sucks and asprin barely touches it... any ideas or info on this would be greatly appreciated
thanks, KB
need advice please
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CppsDad
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KB,
Check out the muscle spasm board. Many of the sufferers on that board had symptoms just like yours at the beginning. If I had listened to my body when I "only" had those symptoms, I think I could have prevented the worst of the worst. I'm 34 now, and perhaps the biggest detriment to my condition early on (4 years ago) was that it was "tolerable" (i.e. pain killers would help somewhat, and it would go away if I didn't have sex for a few weeks). Well, eventually, that stopped and the pain happened ALL the time, and much much worse.
You mentioned a few things that stuck out to me - lack of pain in the bath, lack of an urinary tract infection. The foundation of the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol theory is that all of your problems are related to muscle pain (referred pain from trigger points), and it would make sense that a hot bath helps the muscle problems.
So after you have ruled out bacterial prostatitis, urinary tract infections, and all the other conditions that they might diagnose you with (and then start feeling lost and alone), look SERIOUSLY at the muscle tension disorder possibilities. From my experience, EVERYTHING the doctors diagnose that seems to work for people work because they do one of two things: 1) good at reducing muslce pain, or 2) relaxes the muscles. Both of those side effects will reduce pain caused from a muscle tension disorder, but NONE of them will solve your problems long term if you indeed have a muscle tension disorder.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Are your symptoms worse under stress?
2. Do you have mild or acute anxiety symptoms?
3. Do hot baths make your pain go away (temporarily)
4. Are anti-inflamatories better (Ibuprofen) for your pain?
5. Have you had IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) or any other conditions caused by tension or stress?
6. Any recent stressful events in your life?
One of the things about the muscle tension disorder condition is that the referred pain from trigger points can go ANYWHERE, to the penis, testicles, scrotum, perineum, etc... This will cause doctors to diagnose many different things.
I'm not trying to be partial to my particular belief on this subject. But I just remember feeling worse when I thought that there was something wrong with my prostate, or something wrong with my testicles. Things made more sense when I look at the muscular issues involved (and weren't as scary), and I wish I had looked at that early on. With the right stretches and routine relaxation, I think I could have prevented the chronic chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome that rules my life and that I am only now starting to grapple with and undo.
If you are indeed a sufferer of chronic muscle tension disorder, look at this as a gift; your body is trying to tell you something and won't be ignored. Maybe you could be like those people who handle the stress and tension in their lives with no problem at all (i.e. no pain), but maybe you won't suffer the heart attacks and high blood pressue that they suffer because you had early warning signs about your life and your responses to it.
Michael
Check out the muscle spasm board. Many of the sufferers on that board had symptoms just like yours at the beginning. If I had listened to my body when I "only" had those symptoms, I think I could have prevented the worst of the worst. I'm 34 now, and perhaps the biggest detriment to my condition early on (4 years ago) was that it was "tolerable" (i.e. pain killers would help somewhat, and it would go away if I didn't have sex for a few weeks). Well, eventually, that stopped and the pain happened ALL the time, and much much worse.
You mentioned a few things that stuck out to me - lack of pain in the bath, lack of an urinary tract infection. The foundation of the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol theory is that all of your problems are related to muscle pain (referred pain from trigger points), and it would make sense that a hot bath helps the muscle problems.
So after you have ruled out bacterial prostatitis, urinary tract infections, and all the other conditions that they might diagnose you with (and then start feeling lost and alone), look SERIOUSLY at the muscle tension disorder possibilities. From my experience, EVERYTHING the doctors diagnose that seems to work for people work because they do one of two things: 1) good at reducing muslce pain, or 2) relaxes the muscles. Both of those side effects will reduce pain caused from a muscle tension disorder, but NONE of them will solve your problems long term if you indeed have a muscle tension disorder.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Are your symptoms worse under stress?
2. Do you have mild or acute anxiety symptoms?
3. Do hot baths make your pain go away (temporarily)
4. Are anti-inflamatories better (Ibuprofen) for your pain?
5. Have you had IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) or any other conditions caused by tension or stress?
6. Any recent stressful events in your life?
One of the things about the muscle tension disorder condition is that the referred pain from trigger points can go ANYWHERE, to the penis, testicles, scrotum, perineum, etc... This will cause doctors to diagnose many different things.
I'm not trying to be partial to my particular belief on this subject. But I just remember feeling worse when I thought that there was something wrong with my prostate, or something wrong with my testicles. Things made more sense when I look at the muscular issues involved (and weren't as scary), and I wish I had looked at that early on. With the right stretches and routine relaxation, I think I could have prevented the chronic chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome that rules my life and that I am only now starting to grapple with and undo.
If you are indeed a sufferer of chronic muscle tension disorder, look at this as a gift; your body is trying to tell you something and won't be ignored. Maybe you could be like those people who handle the stress and tension in their lives with no problem at all (i.e. no pain), but maybe you won't suffer the heart attacks and high blood pressue that they suffer because you had early warning signs about your life and your responses to it.
Michael
This is NOT medical advice. I am NOT a doctor.
Age: 43 CPPS: 10+ Yrs Recovery Status: 80-85% Symptoms: Pain in testicles, scrotum, rectum, prostate, perineum Makes Worse: Anxiety, Tension, too much Nookie Makes Better: Stretching, Abdominal Massage (Go Theracane!), Relaxation
Age: 43 CPPS: 10+ Yrs Recovery Status: 80-85% Symptoms: Pain in testicles, scrotum, rectum, prostate, perineum Makes Worse: Anxiety, Tension, too much Nookie Makes Better: Stretching, Abdominal Massage (Go Theracane!), Relaxation
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yeah this is true for sure......I think we will be masters in controlling our stress in life.......so see the pain as something good instead.....the body is just trying to tell us that something's wrong, that we must break bad old habits..If you are indeed a sufferer of chronic muscle tension disorder, look at this as a gift; your body is trying to tell you something and won't be ignored. Maybe you could be like those people who handle the stress and tension in their lives with no problem at all (i.e. no pain), but maybe you won't suffer the heart attacks and high blood pressue that they suffer because you had early warning signs about your life and your responses to it.
Age:33 | Onset Age: 18 Old | Symptoms:Tight feeling in the pelvis and abdomen, burning in urethra and tip of penis,perineum, discharge from penis when it was the worst
Current symptoms: Mild discomfort in perineum, sometimes stomachaches
Helped By: Relaxation,breathing exercise, stretching,positive thinking, internal/external massage | Worsened By:Stress, too much sex/masturbating, Eating to large meals, Alcohol(day after)
Current symptoms: Mild discomfort in perineum, sometimes stomachaches
Helped By: Relaxation,breathing exercise, stretching,positive thinking, internal/external massage | Worsened By:Stress, too much sex/masturbating, Eating to large meals, Alcohol(day after)