My non bac prostatitis started when I was 18 at the end of high school. It went waxed and waned for several years. At 27 I had a major flare up and it got worse from there. My exp. with uro's is similar to many who post at this site. The three I have seen in Dallas had no real idea about what was wrong with me. My symptoms were - Pain in the tip of my penis, pain when after urination and sex. pain in my prostate area ( golfball analogy works here) especially when sitting but standing was not always a total relief. Things had been going downhill rapidly over the past year.
I was lucky that I found this site and began doing research that my urologists should have been doing. Prostaprotek has helped over the past 4 months
Most importantly, however is that I bought the book Headache in the Pelvis. Wow! The authors of the book are really onto something big. I mean really big! I had no idea that I was clenching my pelvic muscles CONSTANTLY. Over the past couple of weeks I have been relaxing those muscles on a moment to moment basis as indicated by the book. My symptoms have decreased about 50 percent. Though I am still in some pain I honestly believe I am on the right track.
I am not sure what I would do if I did not have this site to help guide me and focus my research.
I have one nagging question. Why was the concept of trigger points and clenched muscles so difficult for medical science to figure out once they knew there was no bacterail infection in 90 percent of prostatitis cases?????
PS I still can't believe I have been clenching those muscles all these years.
sscout2137 wrote:Why was the concept of trigger points and clenched muscles so difficult for medical science to figure out once they knew there was no bacterail infection in 90 percent of prostatitis cases
God knows Both my GP and Uro are still surprised PT is helping me, despite giving them the full story and progress to date.
Delighted to read you're making such good progress - keep at it!!
Hello Everyone, I am a new member but unfortunately not so new with CPPS. The good news is that my symptoms have reduced significantly as a result of doing the Stanford/Wise-Anderson Protocol. I only started the protocol less than a month ago but I am feeling so much better ! I won't even go into how bad my symptoms were and how bad my mental state was. I would rather emphasize how much better I have gotten as a result of this protocol. Dr Wise is an amazing man and he has helped me through the most difficult time in my life when I felt hopeless about this condition. I am now convinced without a doubt that my condition was caused by chronic tensing of the pelvic muscles, which I am now learning to relax and heal. My first trip to the physical therapist was very painful but I was amazed at how much easier (almost painless) the second session was. I really believe anyone who has this condition should check out this protocol. The relaxation aspect of the protocol significantly reduces tension in the entire body, not just the pelvic muscles. For example, my shoulders have typically always been extremely tense and tight, even a massage would only make a small dent in relaxing them. But after 5 days of listening to the relaxation tapes my shoulder tension has reduced by about 40-50% easily (my wife could not believe it when she felt how loose my shoulders were). I am not 100% yet, but I am 100% confident now that I will eventually get there as I can now see how strong the connection is between the symptoms and stress\relaxation. Everday I do the stretches, relaxation, and I apply a heating pack to my pelvic area for about an hour (Dr Wise told me the best drug for this is heat and this has been my experience also since heat acts to relax tensed muscles, also I could not see myself sitting in a bathtub every day for an hour thus the heating pack). I sincerely hope that anyone who has this condition will check out the protocol. Believe me, I know how bad this condition can get (I was at the point where I was considering "checking out" due to the hopeless and helpless feeling (not to mention the pain) I had before I a had come across the protocol, thanks to this website who I also owe a lot to). The good news is there is plenty of hope !!
Age: 41 | Onset Age: 24 | Symptoms: You name it, I had it. | Helped By: Wand, Theracane, Cognitive Enquiry (Byron Katie) Stretches, The right kind of excercise | Worsened By: Stress, The wrong kind of excercise,
Congragulations Tony . I like a good story . I can't even get any Doctors I've seen to even talk about this web site . Would be a good start. But I am happy for your success .
The authors of the book are really onto something big. I mean really big! I had no idea that I was clenching my pelvic muscles CONSTANTLY. Over the past couple of weeks I have been relaxing those muscles on a moment to moment basis as indicated by the book. My symptoms have decreased about 50 percent. Though I am still in some pain I honestly believe I am on the right track. 
Both my GP and Uro are still surprised PT is helping me, despite giving them the full story and progress to date.