Do Magnetic Bracelets really work?
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011 at
6:47 am
I'm a 16 year old guy and I was looking up men's bracelets online. I came across a magnetic bracelet and the advertisement said that magnetic therapy can help with headaches, aches, pains, etc...anyway i have this annoying back ache that come on every so often because my back is out of line, and i tend to get headaches alot...and I sorta want a bracelet, so i was wondering if anyone knows if these things really work. If anyone has any personal experience with them or any info, please let me know.
Tagged with: advertisement • alot • back ache • bracelets • headaches • magnetic bracelet • magnetic therapy • personal experience
Filed under: Copper Magnetic Bracelet
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!
Bio Magnetics, treatment for the human body using magnetic therapy, was first recorded by the Chinese in circa 3000 BC. It is found in most civilizations throughout human history around the world. BioMagnets have been found to help relieve Carpal Tunnel, Tendonitis, Toothache, Headache, Backache, Arthritis, knee, (or other joint) injuries, sore or knotted muscles.
By using a proper magnetic field, the electrical condition of the specific problem area of the body can be manipulated into a healing attitude. Forcing the electro-bio-chemical activity of the cells to assume a high-energy, healthy circuiting, Biomagnetics can help the body return to proper health known as Homeostasis.
Most manufacturers advertise their magnets’ internal gauss ratings instead of their surface gauss ratings. However, the actual gauss at the skin’s surface is much lower than the internal gauss rating. So, in our example above, a magnet rated at 45,000 internal gauss may have a surface strength of only 2,200 gauss.
The penetration of a biomagnet’s field is dependent on both its gauss and size: Length, width, and depth. So, the field penetration of a small biomagnet with a high gauss rating may equal that of a much larger magnet with a low gauss rating. The earth’s ½ gauss field extends far because of the earth’s large size.
More power = more energy = more depth of penetration.
For more info click the links below.
That’s My Best Answer! Hope it can help!
Magnetic bracelets ‘ease aches’
Wearing a magnetic bracelet can ease pain caused by arthritis of the hips and knees, UK researchers have shown.
Anecdotal benefits have been reported by wearers but studies comparing these bracelets with ‘dummy’ versions have produced mixed results.
The current British Medical Journal study found a significant reduction in pain scores among 65 wearers.
The Peninsular Medical School team said the effect could be real or down to the individual’s faith in the treatment.
The authors also emphasised that the benefits were in addition to existing treatments, which should not be suddenly stopped without discussion with their doctor.
Also, high strength magnets (170mTesla or more) seemed to be needed to have any effect on pain.
GP Dr Tim Harlow and colleagues recruited 194 patients aged 45-80 years with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee from five rural general practices in Devon.
Whatever the mechanism, the benefit from magnetic bracelets seems clinically useful.
The patients were given one of three bracelets to wear for 12 weeks – a standard strength magnetic bracelet, a weak magnetic bracelet, or a non-magnetic ‘placebo’ bracelet.
The patients were asked to rate their pain using a recognised scoring scale.
All three groups reported less pain when wearing the bracelets.
But the largest reductions in pain scores were reported by the patients wearing the standard strength bracelets.
The results for the weak magnet group were similar to those of the dummy magnets, suggesting that the magnetic strength of the bracelet is important.
Dr Harlow and his team, who were funded by the Arthritis Research Campaign, said more research was needed to confirm their findings.
They did checkthat factors such as use of painkillers and patients’ beliefs about the type of bracelet they were testing had not affected the results.
They said: "We cannot be certain whether our data show a specific effect of magnets, a placebo effect, or both.
"Whatever the mechanism, the benefit from magnetic bracelets seems clinically useful."
Clear evidence of the efficacy of magnetic bracelets as a means of treating the symptoms of arthritis is yet to be established.
A spokeswoman for the Arthritis Research Campaign said: "We funded this study because we wanted to establish if there was any evidence for the claims made on behalf of magnetic bracelets; and we didn’t want the public to waste their money on devices that didn’t work.
"Results appear to show that wearing a magnetic bracelet does reduce pain in people with hip and knee osteoarthritis although it is still unclear whether this effect is due in some part to the placebo effect.
"As magnetic bracelets are quite cheap, between £30 and £50, and safe, people with osteoarthritis might want to consider wearing them as part of their self-help regime."
However, a spokesman from Arthritis Care said: "Clear evidence of the efficacy of magnetic bracelets as a means of treating the symptoms of arthritis is yet to be established.
"This is due mainly to the lack of large-scale clinical trials undertaken in this regard.
"As a consequence, Arthritis Care does not recommend the use of magnetic bracelets for this purpose, though we would welcome a more robust and expansive trial of this treatment as a means of providing firm evidential grounds for optimism."
About 760,000 people in the UK have osteoarthritis
I don;t think so
My Dad bought on paid $90.00 for it and it did nothing at all for him.
No. Your body is not affected by the weak magnetic fields from a bracelet. They’re a scam.
YES Magnetic bracelets work as a decorative piece of Jewelry but nothing else. Listen to Opus he is correct