Magnet Therapy
The history of magnet therapy dates back thousands of years, although the use of static magnets for health and healing is classified as a complementary approach of energy medicine by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM).
Magnetic therapy has been used in the treatment of a wide variety of chronic pain syndromes.106 Magnetic fields may have the ability to stimulate chondrocyte proliferation and increase the synthesis of proteoglycans. A number of studies clearly support magnetic therapy when used for knee OA.107,108 One is a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial that enrolled 75 patients with OA of the knee who had previously been unable to obtain acceptable results using conventional treatments.107 Using low-frequency pulsed fields, improvements in the level of pain, functionality, and physician global evaluation of patients’ condition were notable. Mean morning stiffness also decreased by 20 minutes in the group using magnetic therapy while increasing by 2 minutes in the placebo group. A second placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind clinical study of 176 patients with osteoarthritic knees also showed significant results using low-amplitude and low-frequency fields.109 The reduction in pain after a treatment session was significantly greater in the magnet-on group (46%) compared with the magnet-off group (8%). A smaller, 29-subject study of knee OA used either high-strength magnetic or placebo knee-sleeve treatment for 4 hours in a monitored setting and self-treatment 6 hours daily for 6 weeks.108 This study demonstrated a significant decrease in pain scores in the active group and only a minimal improvement in the placebo group at 4 hours of treatment but no significant differences at 6 weeks. Magnetic therapies may be a useful treatment for OA.
Are magnets good for knee pain?
Researchers confirm that magnets can be helpful for pain relief, including low back and knee pain. Magnets can be used in different ways, including wearing them in bracelets, taping them to your joints and using various magnetic devices, including mattress pads.
Does magnetic therapy really work?
There haven’t been many studies on magnetic field therapy. The ones that have been done it shows enough data to draw solid conclusions. Though some clinical trials have shown potential for magnetic field therapy as a treatment for back pain.
Do the magnetic knee bands work?
The Knee magnetic knee support band is a magnetic strap contains two strategically placed magnets and is designed to relieve minor knee pain, soreness, stiffness and inflammation, and improve patellar tracking. It is particularly effective with arthritis, tendonitis and chondromalacia.
Do magnets reduce inflammation?
Researchers have shown that a mild magnetic field can cause the smallest blood vessels in the body to dilate or constrict, thus increasing the blood flow and suppressing inflammation, a critical factor in the healing process.in January 8,2008.
Studies confirm these treatments are ineffective for arthritis pain. Magnet therapy or wearing copper jewelry may seem attractive for easing your arthritis pain simply and inexpensively. But studies confirm these treatments are ineffective for arthritis pain.
Physicists searching for a novel way to prevent heart attacks and strokes have discovered that strong magnetic fields can dramatically reduce the thickness, or viscosity, of blood flowing through a tube.