UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

We had an earlier topic about PT sessions , and lots of excellent posts pointed out some helpful hints . see :

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It would be nice if we can do the same about self massage. And in particular the internal one.
I read few posts where people mention that they are doing the massages by themselves .
I have to go to this option, cause Sadly I am not getting much from my PT. I will still see her for now though.

However since I am able to reach points that really hurt and that simulate the same pain that I am having, I am at the same time a bit afraid of hurting myself, or of confusing some senstive points with the trigger points.

Today I am in pain after a self massage that gave me pain in the L. testicule , the one where I sometimes have pain.

winding_road wrote:I am in pain after a self massage that gave me pain in the L. testicule , the one where I sometimes have pain.

I can't give any advice on the self massage, I would leave that to the pro's as I would be afraid of hurting myself too. When I have the pain my my testicle the only way I can get through the day is by wearing a jock. Having not worn one since high school gym class I now own 5. I'm coming off a flar now and it really does help.

Self massage should really only be done after you have had it performed on you numerous times by someone who knows what they are doing. That's the only way you can know what things should feel like. Other than this, you are going in blind.

Michael