What is Magnetic Therapy?
Magnetic therapy is the use of magnets and the electromagnetic fields
they produce to help create a beneficial environment that promotes
the body’s own healing processes.
When therapeutic magnets are applied to the skin, they produce physiological
effects in the body as the blood flowing through the magnet’s
electromagnetic field contains electrically charged substances such
as salt ions and the iron-rich, red blood pigment, haemoglobin.
Magnetic therapy is sometimes also known as magnetotherapy, magnetiotherapy,
biomagnetic therapy, or bioelectromagnetic therapy.
Magnetic therapy is used in over 50 countries world-wide, including
Germany, Israel, Russia and Japan, where magnetotherapy has been used
and studied for decades.
The North pole of a magnet has the most therapeutic applications,
as this complements the negative polarity of the normal, healthy body
and promotes natural healing processes. Traditionally, the north pole
of a magnet is used to relieve and calm ‘hot’ pain due
to inflammation and infection, while the south pole which has a more
stimulatory effect, may be used to relieve cold, aching types of pain
such as that associated with poor circulation.
Clinicians who have studied the effects of magnetic therapy have estimated
that its effectiveness in relieving pain is 85 percent, considerably
higher than for many analgesic drugs, and without the risk of side
effects. Relief is usually rapid, with muscle pains for example, often
diminishing within
30 minutes.
The electromagnetic fields used in magnetic therapy may
be generated by single or multiple magnets, which may produce a static
or a pulsed electromagnetic field. Those most convenient for home
use include adhesive magnetic patches, magnetic jewellery (eg necklets,
bracelets), wraps and mattress pads.
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