Possible prostatis

I agree with Lyn. I suffered from number of urinary issues for a few years and when my GPs and urologists could not find anything wrong they told me that it was prostatitis. I had many symptoms: burning sensations when peeing, pain in the groin, pain in the pelvis area, pain in my back...you name it and I had it! Prostatitis is a catch-all term for urinary symptoms that can't be diagnosed. Trapped nerve is often one of those terms used when physios or osteopaths can't find any obvious source of pain. I strongly recommend that you check your PSA checked and see a urologist to make sure there is nothing sinister going on. My prostatitis lasted a few years, off and on, and eventually my PSA started rising and I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. That was 12 years ago. I don't want to alarm you but I have a suspicion that prostatitis may have caused my cancer. There is some evidence for this but not conclusive. Best thing to do is to drink a lot of water and have your PSA checked annually. The rate of rise of PSA is often more significant than its absolute value even if it is within your age range, as mine was. My vigilance caught my cancer very early - I was very lucky. Good luck.

Your symptoms are typical of infection or inflammation, not of cancer. However, you should be monitoring your PSA as it is perfectly possible to have prostatitis and prostate cancer at the same time.

Prostatitis will partially invalidate a PSA test. A very low or very high level might still be useful, but anything in the middle wouldn't tell you anything useful without getting the prostatitis fixed first.