Has anyone had success with magnets for arthritis?

[nini]

I was going to try this for my right ankle and wonder if it's worth it.

the arthritis is from a car accident, not genetic or old age (yet)

thanks

[HEyHEY]

1. My Mom tried it

Not sure but I think it worked a bit.

[nini]

3. btw... I love that picture of the dog and bear :-)

thanks for the info on you mom

[stevebreeze]

2. do they come with an incantation?

because all they are good for is placebo effect.
:kick:

[nini]

4. I don't know about the incatation...LOL

Some days I would try just about anything!

thanks

[oostevo]

5. Indeed.

The stuff humans are made of just isn't very magnetic.

People have done research with magnets thousands (millions?) of times more powerful than therapeutic magnets, with MRIs for example, and found absolutely no effect.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. I use them on my knees (the wraps). I seem to feel better using them

but I am not sure if it's all in my head. Even if it is...it's been worth it. With rheumatoid arthritis, sometimes it's all I can do in this weather to fall asleep at night. I also suggest Jointritis. It stinks to high heaven but offers me Great relief.

Good luck! :hi:

[nini]

9. I've never tried Jointritis.. I'll have to check it out

Thanks MrsGrumpy who's not grumpy at all! :-)

[lucidmadman]

7. I've heard some people swear it works...

...there was a Doctor/Scientist who really worked on it in the '20 and '30s. I think his name was Royal Rife. He got drummed out of respectable science like Wilhelm Reich did. I know there are pads you can sleep on that create a magnetic field.

[nini]

11. thanks.. I'll have to do some research on this.

it sounds interersting but I'm skeptical too.

[Archae]

8. My older sister use to use them.

Being the skeptic I am, I told her it was a load of hooey.

"But I do feel better with them."

One day, I saw the magnetic wraps laying out, so I decided to try my own experiment.
I took all the magnets out, but I didn't tell my sister.

Several hours later, I asked my sister if they really did help.
"Oh yes, I can actually feel the magnetic effect on my arthritis."

I tell her to go look in her kitchen cupboard.
She sees all the magnets in one of her coffee cups.

It was entirely all in her mind.

Now she's convinced in how "effective" copper bracelets are. :shrug:

[nini]

10. that's funny... I bet she wanted to kill you

:-) My brother would have loved doing that.

[Archae]

12. Nope.

She realized right then and there she had been duped, by the slaesman who sold her the wraps.

She had a shocked look on her face, and told me I was right.

But like I said, now she's on this copper bracelet kick.

[seventhson]

13. Both Johns Hopkins and MIT have clinical studies on Magnets for

reduction of pain and increase of blood flow.

They both found significant results in clinical studies.

I had a good friend who was Nikken dealer . These items were very expensive but the literature was convincing. Some of the products were awesome.

I found that magnets from radio shack worked just fine and were much less expensive (maybe ten bucks for some great magnets - I got a set of ten).

I use them for shoulder pain (old injury) and rest (better blood flow keeps you from having to shift around so much at night. I put them - wrapped in cloth - in my pillows.

They do work. The studies prove it. The reduction in pain is not drastic or huge, but I believe like 80% of subjects (compared to a control group) got something like 50-75% relief.

Look for those studies at MIT and Johns Hopkins. It is real.

[lazarus]

15. care to post them?

Since the iron in your blood isn't actually the right kind of iron to be affected by a magnet, I'm curious what exactly they claim is happening.

Especially since the magnets are so weak that a sheet of notebook paper is an effective block.

[Archae]

16. They did?

Can't find anything about MIT or John Hopkins.

http://skepdic.com/magnetic.html

[Dover]

14. YES! I think they've made me more 'attractive'

Does that count?

[nini]

19. I may have to go buy a magnetic body wrap then!!

:-)

[Skittles]

17. excuse me

I was diagnosed with arthritis in my hands when I was 31.

[nini]

18. It must be genetic then..

:evilgrin:


My sister has the same problem in her fingers and it started in her 30s also. She's already getting the swollen joints etc.. Has mostly to do with her job, though it is also genetic as my mom and grandma had the same problem.