Can magnets provide pain relief?
April 20, 2008 by Marijke Durning, RN
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
In all fairness, I do have to admit I’m skeptical, but I’m not totally discounting if magnets can help with pain relief.
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the National Institutes of Health, has a fact sheet, The Use for Magnets for Pain, which reviews the history of magnets in medicine and what they can be used for.
Have you tried magnetic therapy? What do you think?
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Yes, I use magnets on a regular bassis in my therapy. There is much misinformation and ineffective broducts out there; therfore I try to answer posts like this with an explination.
Magnets work by the effect they have on the electrons in water, which changes the nature of water so that it is more bio available. The principle effect in pain treatment is to reduce swelling or dehidration of the tissue, which is causing the pain.
In chronic pain the magnet should be strong enough to penetrate to the area and stay there most of the time to keep the body prosseses going that naturaly must occur for the cause of pain to be removed.
Most failure of magnetic therapy is due to insufficient strength or time of aplication. Secondary failure is because it is not the apropriate therapy for the cause of pain.
Hans Albert Quistorff, LMP
Antalgic Posture Pain Specialist
Welcome Hans, thank you for your input. You have provide some interesting information.