4 Reasons Why You Might Want to Try a Prostate Massage - Men's Health

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Prostatitis is an inflammation of the prostate gland, which can be caused by a bacterial infection.

"Symptoms include everything from burning from urination to pain with ejaculation, lousy urine stream, and discomfort in perineum behind the scrotum and in front of the rectum," says Danny Keiller, MD, who specializes in urology at Genesis Healthcare Partners in San Diego and is an advisor to the non-profit organization the Men's Health Network (which is not related to Men's Health magazine).

While Dr. Keiller says there are no scientific studies that prove prostate massage can help with prostatitis, he says some doctors, such as J. Curtis Nickel, M.D., a professor of urology at Queens University in Canada, are using it as a treatment method with good results.

"I have seen benefits in about 5% of my [prostatitis] patients. When it works for a specific patient, we know quite quickly, and for that patient it is better than the other treatments," says Dr. Nickel.

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