Magnetic Therapy - The Natural Alternative to Pain

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 Magnetic therapy basically is another alternative treatment form for common ailments.  Relief of arthritis pain is one of the most common uses for magnetic therapy, although it has many other uses.  It has be used for reducing migraine headaches, tumors, diabetes, muscle aches/tension, and asthma, and allergies.  Research has been done on magnetic therapy, some results say it works, and some say that it doesn’t.  There are many personal testimonies that say that magnetic therapy worked for them.  So who do we believe?  My personal opinion is to rely on “personal experience” more than research.

  The history of magnetic therapy goes back thousands of years.  It is mentioned in some Hindu religious texts and ancient Chinese medical texts.
Magnetic therapy was used to treat a wide variety of ailments by the Romans, Greeks, and Egyptians.  It is believed that Cleopatra slept with a magnet on her forehead to preserve her beauty.  Presently magnetic therapy
is used by professional athletes and the average person.  The most popular form of magnetic therapy is in magnetic jewelry.  Price range of magnetic jewelry can vary to inexpensive to really expensive, what you purchase depends on your personal budget.

  By placing a magnet to your skin aids in the relaxation of capillary walls and increases blood supply to the painful areas of your body.  Also magnet therapy will interfere with the electrochemical reactions within nerve cells to reduce the ability to transmit pain messages to the brain.  This process aids in reducing muscle spasms and muscle contractions.

  If you have never applied magnetic therapy, and you want to give it a try, you might want to start with an earth metal neodymium-boron coin shaped magnet.  They work well and are of the less expensive type magnets.  Gauss is the measurement of magnetic strength.  The higher the gauss, the stronger the magnet. An ordinary refrigerator magnet is normally around ten gauss which is rather too low in gauss to effectively treat anything except maybe a small bruise.  Magnet therapy magnets gauss strength can be from 400 to 10,000 or more.

  To start using your magnet, just place it over the afflicted area by either using tape or and adhesive bandage.  After a few days and no relief is noticed, reposition the magnet.  If no relief or improvement is noticed after at least four weeks, then magnetic therapy is just not going to work for you.
Your next option is to consult with your physician or investigate the available herbal remedies that are on the market. Although herbal remedies are not all FDA approved and you are taking them at your own risk.  Strictly Nature strongly recommends a consultation with a medical professional or your doctor prior to any type of alternative treatment regime.