Acupuncture for Prostatitis

A pilot study has found that acupuncture can improve the symptoms and quality of life for men with chronic prostatitis/ chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Ninety-seven men were given six, weekly treatments of acupuncture for prostatitis, and results showed there to be a statistically significant improvement in all symptom scores (pain, urinary function, quality of life, and overall scores). In all, 92% of the men were classified as having responded to treatment, as defined by a greater than 50% decrease in symptom scores.

(Effectiveness of Acupuncture in Patients with Category IIIB Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome: A Report of 97 Patients. Pain Medicine, 31 March 2010.)

Author: Robin Costello

I offer traditional Chinese acupuncture in Exeter, from a tranquil clinic a mile from the city centre, and next to the University of Exeter. I graduated originally from the London School of Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine’s 3 year full time Acupuncture Diploma (DipAc) course. I am on the practitioners register of the British Acupuncture Council (MBAcC), a regulatory and professional body with an entry standard of a full three year undergraduate degree level training. I have worked in a hospital in south west China, deepening my knowledge and using acupuncture and Chinese massage (tuina) as the treatment of choice in its country of origin. I have taught Chinese medicine in colleges, the NHS and at university level. I also practise Qi Gong, and Chinese dietary therapy, that is the medicinal use of ordinary foods, chosen to help achieve particular therapeutic effects in different individuals.