UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

My understanding is this treatment is only good for temporary or short treatment relief and not long term like the protocol that's been well documented in the forum.

I guess that this type of treatment procedure can be helpful for those who have not physical major problem, and their symptoms are only neuromuscular or inflammation type. And this therapy should be mixed with relaxation, yoga, stretch...this is my understanding... for those who have stricture or any type of scar it may not be useful.

ESWT at CUA 2018
https://www.urotoday.com/conference-hig ... ption.html

webslave wrote: ↑Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:13 am ESWT at CUA 2018
https://www.urotoday.com/conference-hig ... ption.html

Did they forget to say how many treatments the patients had???

I have done 4 over about 3 weeks. So far no change.

Takes about 20 minutes and costs $300 in Bangkok if that info is useful to anyone! It's another one of those treatments where I would like to give it a chance, but it's not clear what that means - 10 treatments? 50? 100? The doc seems to think that 6 is enough to know if it will help or not. But I don't have much faith in docs anymore for this particular problem.

Another study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6127492/

Thanks. Maybe worth going all out and doing 12 or even 24 sessions. I stopped after 6.

Yes, while searching the internet and pubmed (I have not done so in a while) ESWT seems to be the only treatment that that is new and has shown efficacy in respectable studies. I am surprised no one here seem to have benefited from it.

I thought about going back for more after the initial 6. I suppose if I had unlimited resources I would do it just to see what happens. But with zero improvement after 6, the Urologists left it up to me, telling me he would have expected some improvement if it was the right way to go. I'm back to Dynamic Contraction Technique stretching. Will let you know how I feel in another 6 months :)

Another study, this time on low-intensity shockwave therapy (LiST) :
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32989261/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32989261/ New high quality study

Great minds think alike (I posted it one day before you)

Makes sense: shockwaves are known to break up trigger points.

Some nice illustrations
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712093/

Efficacy and safety of extracorporeal shockwave therapy for the treatment of chronic non-bacterial prostatitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The present meta-analysis found that compared with the placebo/sham group, ESWT is efficacious and safe in reducing pain and improving the urinary condition, NIH-CPSI score, and QOL in patients with chronic non-bacterial prostatitis.

New review study suggesting low intensity shockwave therapy is useful
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33985934/