Top of the page. Topic Overview What is magnetic field therapy? Magnetic field therapy uses magnets to maintain health and treat illness. Practitioners apply magnetic field therapy to the outside of the body. The magnets may be: Electrically charged, to deliver an electrical pulse to the treated area. Used with acupuncture needles, to treat energy pathways in the body. Static not electrically charged and stationary on the treated area for periods of time, to deliver continuous treatment.
What is magnetic field therapy used for? Some people use magnet therapy for treating pain, such as foot, back, or joint pain. National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Cesarean Birth. Imaging Services. High Blood Pressure. Laboratory Services. Maternity Services. Hip Replacement. Primary Care. Type 2 Diabetes. Surgical Services.
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Magnetic therapy dates back at least 2, years, according to a report by New York University's Langone Medical Center. Folk healers in Europe and Asia are believed to have used magnets to try to treat a variety of ailments. These healers may have believed that magnets could actually draw disease from the body.
Today, those who believe in the efficacy of magnetic therapy often cite the ability of static magnets to alter a person's bioenergetic fields, or biofields, which are "energy fields that purportedly surround and penetrate the human body," according to the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Practitioners of certain alternative medical techniques may refer to this alleged bioenergetic field as life force, chi or energy flow.
Some believe that such fields can be manipulated — sometimes using magnets — to treat illness or injury, according to an article published in in the Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine. Many companies that sell therapeutic magnets also claim that a small magnet inside of a bracelet or other device helps increase blood flow to the area of the body where the device is worn. This increased blood flow is then said to help tissues heal faster.
For reasons most researchers cannot explain, applying the negative side of a magnet is effective, but applying the positive side of a magnet is not. The force magnetic field of energy from a magnet is measured in gauss strength. Magnets used for pain relief and healing typically measure between — gauss. By the way, don't expect any relief from your common refrigerator magnets, which aren't strong enough: They're usually only around fifty gauss.
There are two kinds of magnets—permanent and pulsating. Permanent magnets provide a consistent and steady magnetic field, and are the type used to combat pain. Pulsating magnets don't provide a steady magnetic field, but have been used to stimulate growth in broken bones. Magnetic healing products come in a variety of shapes and sizes, from wrist and ankle jewelry to Velcro wraps to magnet-filled pads to fit on your bed.
Wraps and jewelry can be placed in several spots on your body, including feet, ankles, knees, hips, back, hands, wrists, shoulders, neck, and forehead. Look for magnetic healing products at your pharmacy, health food store, some doctors' offices, new-age boutiques, alternative medicine stores, and from a variety of sites on the Web.
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