Magnetic Therapy Natural Pain Relief

Magnetic Bracelets And Magnetic Necklaces For Pain Relief

How to choose your magnetic bracelet or magnetic necklace?

Here’s a quick guide of what to look out for when buying magnetic products.

1. A high strength magnet - the medical magnet in the magnetic product needs to measure at least 800 gauss
minimum, any less is useless and even this strength is really only going to help with very mild pain. You really need to be looking in the region of about 2,000 to 3,000 gauss per magnet to be able to reduce higher amounts of pain.

2. The measurement needs to be a surface gauss rating not a core rating -
A lot of companies display a core gauss measurement instead of the surface gauss measurement as this is always a much higher number. The core gauss is the manufactured gauss this is not what the magnetic strength will be when the magnet is made and is on your body.

The surface gauss strength is the strength of the magnet at the point where it will come into contact with your body. This is important to know as you may have a magnet which measures 5,800 gauss and think it is very strong but it is most likley a core or manufacturer’s gauss measurement and the surface gauss strength may only be 1,000 gauss.

3. Trained and qualified therapists- do not accept advice from someone who just sells magnetic jewellery. Make sure they know what they are talking about or you may end up buying something that will not help you in any way.

4. The products you use need to be on or as close to the point of pain as possible-
Don’t believe people who say a magnetic bracelet will help your pain in every area of your body. This is not true. The magnets need to be in the close proximity to the pain so if you have neck pain, you need a magnetic necklace, for back pain a magnetic back belt, for knee pain, magnetic knee straps and so on.

If you follow this advice i’m sure you will end up with a good quality magnetic product and good quality advice, and you should receive some health benefit.

And remember, if you are purchasing your magnetic product over the internet, make sure you get it from a retailer that give you a long money back guarantee period as magnetic therapy can sometime take a few months to show any benefits. Plus be aware that there will be a few people that the therapy will just not be effective on. This is the same with many other medical pain treatment, including surgery!
Happy shopping!

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Magnetic Therapy Increases Blood Flow And Reduces Inflammation

The latest biomagnetic research published at the beginning of this month confirms that strong enough static medical magnets definitely increases circulation. This biomagnetic research was performed at the University of Virginia by leading figure Thomas Skalak, professor and chair of biomedical engineering.

Here are the findings as written by Melissa Maki

Biomedical Engineering Study Demonstrates the Healing Value of Magnets
News Source: Research News
Jan. 2, 2008 -

Magnets have been touted for their healing properties since ancient Greece. Magnetic therapy is still widely used today as an alternative method for treating a number of conditions, from arthritis to depression, but there hasn’t been scientific proof that magnets can heal.

Lack of regulation and widespread public acceptance have turned magnetic therapy into a $5 billion world market. Hopeful consumers buy bracelets, knee braces, shoe inserts, mattresses, and other products that are embedded with magnets based on anecdotal evidence, hoping for a non-invasive and drug-free cure to what ails them.

“The FDA regulates specific claims of medical efficacy, but in general static magnetic fields are viewed as safe,” notes Thomas Skalak, professor and chair of biomedical engineering at U.Va.
Skalak has been carefully studying magnets for a number of years in order to develop real scientific evidence about the effectiveness of magnetic therapy.

Skalak’s lab leads the field in the area of microcirculation research-the study of blood flow through the body’s tiniest blood vessels. With a five-year, $875,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Skalak and Cassandra Morris, former Ph.D. student in biomedical engineering, set out to investigate the effect of magnetic therapy on microcirculation. Initially, they sought to examine a major claim made by companies that sell magnets: that magnets increase blood flow.

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Magnetic therapy magnets strength

Due to large variety of magnetic products available today, many people get confused as to what is the right magnetic strength they should be using to achieve pain relief. Does strength really matter or can one just use any magnet?

Here’s a question that kat got asked via email a couple of days ago:

Hi, my name is Peter and I was wondering Why can’t I use ordinary fridge or toy magnets to relieve my pain?

An interesting question indeed. Why should you spend over £50 on a magnetic device if a £2.50 fridge magnet can do the job.

Here’s what Kat had to say on the matter:

Dear Peter,

Thank you for your question. Normal household magnets are not the same as clinical therapeutic magnets.

An everyday magnet such as a fridge magnet is very weak compared to a medical magnet.

The average fridge magnets measures about 250 gauss whereas the minimum magnetic strength you need to help treat pain in the body is 800 gauss -  and remember this is the bare minimum strength required, most people will actually require magnets that are between 2,000 and 3,000 gauss.

Household magnets are not designed for their magnetic field to penetrate the tissues of our body, so will not help to ease pain, inflammation or alleviate symptoms like clinical therapeutic magnets will.

Regards
Kat

So if you were planning to use a fridge magnet to get rid of your pain, by all means give it a go! But don’t expect to get any results. Unless you have a fridge magnet that is 3000 gauss…

On the other hand you can try one these magnetic therapy treatments for six months without risking a penny.

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Magnetic therapy cured my back pain

“Horrific Horse Riding Accident Left Me In Constant Excruciating Agony:
My Spine Was Snapped In Two Places…”

“After years of unbearable suffering I am finally pain free, I’ve got my life back again. Here’s my story…”

In July 1986, I was enjoying a relaxed trek when disaster struck, my
horse was startled by a bird and as he bolted he tripped. I shot over his head and
crashed to the ground and then he came thundering down on top of me.

No Help From G.P

I broke my back in 2 places. I was suffering intense pain and wasn’t able to bend down or
twist. I was permanently at the G.P’s office. Each time he told me it’s a healing process
and you have to be patient. Keep taking the painkillers and just get on with your life. I
really did try to get on with my life, I went back to work but was pretty useless.

I soldiered on with the pain, trying desperately to get my life back to normal, but there
were so many things that I still couldn’t do. My 3 year old, Dylan, was too heavy for me to
pick up, if he fell or banged himself I couldn’t pick him up to comfort him. My husband had
to bath 1 year old Emily because I couldn’t bend over the baby bath. Plus I would wake
up as many as 15 times every night, in agony.

Getting out of bed in the morning was a whole different kettle of fish. I eased myself
across the bed at a snails pace, then came the debacle of rolling over onto my stomach,
hanging my legs over the edge , kneeling on the floor and eventually working myself to the
end of the bed where I clung onto the bedstead for dear life as I hauled myself into and
upright position. After this 15 minute fiasco I would have to slowly stretch my spine gently
until I could feel my vertebrae unfreezing.

Over the next 9 years I tried osteopathy, acupuncture, massage, exercise and physiotherapy
to no avail. My GP exhausted all the available treatments, there was simply nothing left to try.

Christmas Ruined Because Of Pain

In Dec 1999 Just 2 days before Christmas I was lifting my daughter out of the bath and I
slipped a disc. I spent Christmas day lying on the sofa with a bag of frozen peas stuck down
my knickers. I ate my Christmas dinner alone on the sofa whilst everyone else enjoyed the
festivities at the table. Words can’t describe how thoroughly miserable I was.

Finally in January 2000 my prayers were answered. My mum received a letter about magnetic therapy for pain relief. It professed to reduce swelling, increase blood flow and reduce pain and best of all, it was completely natural. I couldn’t believe that these magnets would do what they claimed to.

But I was so desperate and had tried everything else so I thought that I had nothing to lose. I sent for Magnetic Back Pain Treatment Package, it came with a strap that fitted around my back, plus I drank magnetised water and lay on a special magnetic pad in the bed. I had no expectations of the magnets and was wholly prepared for them to fail.

At Last All My Pain Gone In Just 3 Weeks!

After a couple of weeks there was no change and I was at the point of giving up. In the middle
of the third week I woke up and got out of bed and then stopped still in my tracks to my
complete an utter surprise I had actually sat up and got straight out of bed, no edging to
the side, etc, none of it. I simply stood up!

Since then my pain has 90% gone, my mobility has improved, I can bend down at
last, turn and twist. Best of all I can pick my daughter up.

The Back Pain Treatment Package hasn’t cured my back, but what it has done is take away all
the pain and swelling meaning I can get on and do just about anything that I want to without
the pain.

I’ve lost so much time being miserable and in pain, now all I want to do is
live life to the full with my family who have had to out their lives on hold as well. Now
there’s no stopping us, thanks to my magical, miracle magnets.

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Magnetic Bracelets, What Strength To Use?

Magnetic therapy bracelets come in different shape, sizes and strength.
Many people get confused about whether the overall strength of a magnetic bracelet
is total number of healing magnets multiply by how strong each magnet is.

For example, if a magnetic bracelet contains 10 X 3000 gauss magnets, does that mean
the total magnetic strength of that bracelet is 30,000 gauss?

The answer is YES and NO!

The more important question here is does it matter?

Here’s how Kat, a magnetic therapist with years of experience addresses this confusion,
when she was asked the following question by Ram, who just could not decide which
magnetic bracelet will be best to treat his condition.

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Dear magnetic therapist,
If I have a magnetic bracelet with 2,000 gauss in every link and it has 10 links;
Is that considered 20,000 gauss or 2,000 gauss for the whole bracelet.
Thank you
Ram
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And the answer was

Hi Ram,

When you have a magnetic strength of 2,000 gauss per magnet in a bracelet,
and 10 magnets in the entire magnetic bracelet this means that you have a
penetrating strength of 2,000 gauss but at 10 different points.

So the amount of magnetic field that penetrates the skin at 2,000 gauss
will be the same but it will be all round the wrist at each point of the
magnet.

If you had a bracelet with only 2 magnets in and each one measured 2,000
gauss you would have the same penetrating depth as the bracelet with 10
magnets in, but you would only have it at 2 points on the skin instead of
10.

By having a magnetic bracelet with 10 magnets in you don’t make it 10
times as strong, there would simply be more magnets in contact with the
body.

Regards
Kat
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Basically, the more magnets you have in a magnetic product, a wider magnetic
field will be created. And the stronger the individual magnets are, the deeper the magnetic
field will penetrate the body.

So, there you have it. When deciding to choose a magnetic bracelet or any other magnetic
product for that matter, go for the one with highest number of individual magnets and also
the highest strength per magnet.

And here are some magnetic bracelets that just fit the bill…

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Can One Use A Magnetic Mattress With An Electric Blanket

If you are considering buying a magnetic mattress cover or magnetic pad,
you have to make sure that it will fit properly on your bed. One question
that we regularly get about magnetic mattress covers is whether they
can be used in conjunction with an electric blanket.

Here’s a question that we got recently about this issue:
Dear magnetic therapist,
We have recently started reusing the magnetic mattress cover I purchased from you
several years ago and have found it a great benefit.  My lower back, and
right leg, which used to go into spasm have now sorted themselves out,
thanks to the magnet therapy and we are both delighted.

There is one problem, though.  Our bedroom is north-facing and very cold -
and during the winter we find we really need an electric blanket.  We have
surrounded ourselves with hot-water bottles but these cool in the night
and have to be refilled from the tap.  The Weather buffs forecast a chilly
winter and I am not certain how we will manage.

Am I right in assuming that one cannot use an electric blanket with the
magnetic mattress cover?  I really hope I am wrong as I have a difficult
choice to make at the moment.

Any advice you can give me will be much appreciated.
Sally Ward-Enticott.

And here is what Kat recommended sally does,

Dear Sally

You can in most circumstances use a magnetic mattress cover with an
electric blanket.

Generally, you can use an electric blanket which is placed underneath
the magnetic mattress cover for a couple of hours to warm the
bed and as long as you turn it off before going to sleep you will be fine.

You can also use electric blankets that are designed to be on all night and
only have a low setting.

The reason we recommend the turning off of electric blankets is so as not
to cause the magnets to become too hot. They are obvously metal which will
conduct heat and we don’t want anyone to be burnt and also long term,
continuous exposure to high temperature may degrade the magnets in the long run.

BUT in blankets that are specifically designed to stay on all night they
never get hot enough to cause any problems so is fine to use.

Regards
Kat

The bottom line is you can use a magnetic mattress cover with your electric blanket
but do be aware that the magnets will get warm, possibly even hot, if you leave the
electric blanket on a high heat setting for a long period of time. On the other hand, you
can leave your electric blanket on all night on a low heat setting and enjoy a good night sleep
without any adverse effect to your mattress cover or your health!

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