Magnetic Therapy and Its Little-Known Benefits

Magnetic therapy is an alternative form of treatment that gives you relief from several painful conditions such as severe arthritis pain and inflammation in the joints and also helps you to sleep well.

Medicine and science today

Although we see a lot of development in medical sciences and technology, we find that new and complicated medical conditions are simultaneously making their entry every day. Pollution, ecological imbalance and various other factors are responsible for the present day unhealthy status of people. As a result of more findings in medical sciences, you find more side effects caused by the new medicines.

Safer alternative

Therefore the number of people looking for safer alternative therapies is increasing by the day.You cannot blame them. If their chronic health problems are solved by even an obscure or unapproved or unestablished but natural therapy without adverse effects, they are certainly going to recommend it to friends and family and spread the word.

Side effects? None

For instance, water therapy is advised for people with hypertension and diabetes. The Japanese propagated this therapy on the precept that water is a natural element that cannot produce harmful side effects. And water therapy has proven its worth too. Likewise, any natural form of treatment that gives relief from pain and other discomfort is always favored by the masses, irrespective of approval from FDA or a similar health department agency.

Magnetic therapy

Magnetic therapy is one such form of alternative medicine that is getting more and more popular today. It is believed to provide muscle and joint pain relief to the affected people. Several painful conditions such as arthritis, fibromyalgia, sciatica and migraines have been found to be treated effectively by using magnetic therapy.

The advantages of using magnetic therapy are many:

• Uses simple devices for treating the affected parts
• Does not need much of an equipment, so can be done in the privacy and comfort of your home
• Helps in post-surgery healing
• Heals a sports person's injuries faster
• Reduces stress levels
• Refreshes you helping you to do more work actively
• Improves blood circulation and metabolism thereby enhancing vital activity

Different kinds of magnetic therapy

There are several magnetic therapy products that cater to the needs of the people suffering from pain. For instance, arthritis disability is one that gives you inexplicable pain and discomfort without warning or any symptoms. It starts with a slight pain and no matter what you do to mitigate it, it will keep aggravating and make you writhe in agony unless otherwise you take a painkiller for a temporary relief. Diagnosing mild arthritisis any time safer than ignoring the early signs of arthritis and making the condition worse. The effects of arthritis can be detrimental to your overall health if you neglect its early symptoms.

Trust magnetic therapy for good health

Magnetic therapy is based on the premise that all the cells and tissues in the human body emit electromagnetic impulses. According to practitioners of alternative medicine, if you are ill or injured, these electromagnetic fields are blocked. It is believed that by using external magnets, you'll be able to restore the balance and good health of the body. This is accomplished when the energy fields of varying strengths given out by magnets penetrate into the cells and tissues in the body.

Static or constant magnets, as the name suggests, are different from electromagnets in that the magnetic field in the former is constant and does not change. They are made of lodestone or magnetized metal. These magnets are used in the form of magnetic beds, magnetic mattress pads and toppers, magnetic therapy bracelets, magnetic insoles, magnetic belts and wraps such as knee and ankle wraps.

However, the medical uses of static magnets have not been proved scientifically, hence magnetic therapy has not been approved by the FDA so far. But let us keep our fingers crossed and hope that as more and more studies with magnetic therapy are conducted, the medical community will begin to feel the need to recognize this ancient form of alternative medicine in the interest of the society at large.