Archive for November, 2006

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets in Arthritis. Article 3.

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Magnetic Fields Ease Osteoarthritis Pain
Arthritis support
11-12-2001
Scientists at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Advanced Studies for Biophysical Research have determined that low amplitude, low frequency, magnetic fields are a safe and effective treatment for patients with chronic knee pain caused by osteoarthritis.
In a double blind, placebo controlled, randomized clinical study, 176 patients were randomly assigned to […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets in Arthritis. Article 2.

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Healing Power of Magnets By Richard Dean Jenkins
Fitness Magazine, February 1992
Magnetic fields work much more quickly and effectively than heat, infrared light, anti-inflammatory drugs, trigger-point injections or microwave diathermy. It’s likely to be four or six months before an injured skier or other athlete is back in play again from the conventional treatment […]

Arthritis Treatment. Magnets in Arthritis. Article 1

Monday, November 27th, 2006

Magnet Therapy for Knee Pain
Daily News 11/27/02 - Healthnotes Newswire—Applying magnets over the knees can relieve chronic knee pain due to osteoarthritis, according to a report in Alternative Therapies (2002;8:50–5). The results of this study lend scientific support to this popular, though controversial, therapy for chronic pain.
Forty-three individuals with chronic pain in one or both knees were randomly assigned to wear pads […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets for Arthritis. Article 3.

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

NEWS OF THE WORLD, January 9, 2000
 
COP’S AGONY OVER
BY STEWART FOWLER
 
For ex-copper Gordon Law, life was 30 years of agony after a villain stabbed him in the back.
He tried everything medicine could offer but nothing worked—until he slipped a simple magnetic bracelet over his wrist.
Gordon, 54, explained: “I was on the most extreme painkillers, heavy […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets for Arthritis: Article 2.

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Edenbridge County Border News 17th July 2003
 
Ex-PC Peter turns his back on a nagging worry
Peter Francis’ chronic back problems started when he was with Surrey Police in Oxted and district.  He spent a total of 19 and a half years with Surrey as a PC but such were his back problems that the last […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets for Arthritis. Article 1.

Sunday, November 26th, 2006

Here is an article in a UK newspaper.
Therapy thats so effective.
Daily Express Wednesday, June 2, 1999
BY SHEILA LAVERY
They are used to treat everything from arthritis to migraines. Cleopatra and Queen Elizabeth I are said to have worn magnets for their healing proper­ties and the first astronauts found that magnets helped to counteract “space sickness”. […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets for Arthritis. More Testimonials.

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

There are a couple more testimonials. I have a lot more.
Arthritis - Hands
As a science graduate I was very sceptical of the claims made for the Bioflow magnetic bracelet. As a farmer I was very loath to part with almost fifty pounds for one. However, when one has arthritic pain in the hands as I had, then some […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets for Arthritis. Testimonials.

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

There is no clear evidence that magnets work in pain and other problems in arthritis. Although these testimonials sound great remember that some sufferers may have different stories to tell about their experiences with magnets. Magnets are safe. Do not use if you  have a pacemaker fitted. If you use hearing aid, wear the magnet […]

Arthritis Treatment: Magnets for arthritis. A GP trial.

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

This trial was published in the General Practitioner. The trial is small and the result is probably not significant but leaves food for thought.
Dr Lawson  
About five years ago, a patient handed me a coil of flexible magnetic strip and suggested that I try it on patients with rheumatism.  He said that it had helped […]

Arthritis Treatment: History of Magnets.

Friday, November 24th, 2006

Magnets were first discovered in China and Greece. In China it was used in fortune telling and as a guide to building. By 1200 AD they were used in ships as compasses. Ever since, sailors and navigators have used compasses and the earth’s magnetic field to guide them in their journeys, whether on land or […]