Civilizations throughout the ages have used the power within magnets and magnet therapy to alleviate pain. During ancient times magnets were thought to drive diseases from the body. Now, magnets are used in magnetic resonance imaging. They even implant them or use them outside the body to convey electromagnetic pulses.
What have magnets been used for?
Magnets are also available for use in belts, jewelry, shoes, and mattress pads. Static magnets are thought to help repair broken bones. Some practitioners use magnets for treatment of blood disorders such as circulation, decreasing toxic materials and increasing blood oxygen.
What is the deal with magnets managing pain?
Although there’s little scientific evidence today that supports the fact that magnets are useful in managing pain, proponents claim that when you expose parts of the body to magnetic fields, the result is positive. Alternative health professionals agree that magnets work by blocking pain in the body.
Medical magnets are effective for the following illnesses:
Neuropathy from Diabetes
When neuropathy from diabetes occurs, some use magnetic foot pads to relieve numbness and pain in the feet.
Chronic Back Pain
Strip magnets taped to the back or using a magnetic back brace can alleviate back pain.
Fibromyalgia
This debilitating disease seems to be alleviated sometimes by sleeping on a magnetic mattress can help.
Headaches
Magnetic headbands are available to help rid yourself of headaches – or you can tape magnets to the back of your head.
How do we think magnets work as a therapy?
Studies suggest that magnetic therapy can help most pain sufferers. Also, magnets are safe and have no risk of side effects. Magnets can boost the flow of blood to painful areas on the body by calming the capillary wall and can also prevent painful muscle spasms by preventing the “pain message” from being transmitted to the brain.
More research into magnets
The search for products to relieve pain has come to the forefront of medical research in the past few years. Because of the positive results of recent studies using magnets to control pain, more research is in the works.
How do I get magnets to try?
Magnets used for medical purposes can cost from about $5.00 to $100.00 and come in a wide array of shapes, strengths, and sizes.
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