What do people think of Magnets for arthritis?!
Question: My friend gave me a very expensive magnet bracelete and I wore it to please her. Sometimes I thought it was helping with the various bits and pieces of arthritis that I have. A few weeks ago I woke up to painful feet and I wondered what I could have done/ eaten to bring this on. They do pain a little in the morning but haven't been acting up like this for some time. Eventually I thought of the bracelette which I had taken off because I found it pressing on a nerve in my wrist. Had the magnets been staving off the arthritis do you think? Would be interested to know how some of you feel.
Answers: My friend gave me a very expensive magnet bracelete and I wore it to please her. Sometimes I thought it was helping with the various bits and pieces of arthritis that I have. A few weeks ago I woke up to painful feet and I wondered what I could have done/ eaten to bring this on. They do pain a little in the morning but haven't been acting up like this for some time. Eventually I thought of the bracelette which I had taken off because I found it pressing on a nerve in my wrist. Had the magnets been staving off the arthritis do you think? Would be interested to know how some of you feel.
I bought one of these bracelets for the same reason as you, Susan, and I'm not really convinced that it helped at all. I wore it continuously for about three years, but still had odd arthritic aches and pains. A colleague told me that if the bracelet started to go green, that was a sign it was working. However I dismissed that, because I think it would have tarnished anyway.
After I decided not to wear the bracelet any more (like you, because it was pressing on a nerve in my wrist) I felt no worse than I had done before, so I still have my doubts about their supposed benefits.
Having said that, some people are convinced they work, so it you think yours was helping, it may be worth trying to wear it again.
you must not were only like things out. but must only wear at ocassions
It is complete pseudo-science, it has no effect whatsoever. In some places, the marketing of such quack medicine is illegal!
Here is a link to an article that debunks the whole magnetic-therapy scam:
http://csicop.org/si/2006-04/magnet-ther...
I think the magnets do work up to a point. My dad used to have arthritis in his hands (really bad). My sister bought him a magnetic bracelet thinking it might help. He said it was better wearing the bracelet but it didn't stop the pain completely. (My dad and sister both have a lot of belief in natural remedies) so maybe it depends on how much you believe. I think it must have helped because my dad never wore jewellery of any kind but he always wore that bracelet.
Oh! your made of Ferrous metal are you?
Don't be duped by these 'quasi medical cures' all they do is make money for the seller.
Better to spend your money on a good bottle of wine and enjoy life.
No ,my mum gets alot of arthritis and she went out and bought a magnetic underlay for her bed which cost her alot of money,she thought at first they were working but after a while found that it didnt help at all. Its just alot of rubbish all they are intersted in is getting your money and brainwashing you ,into thinking that they help when they really dont.
I get from all that sort of thing the same smell as I do when standing in or close to a farm - not ducks, not sheep - but Bullshite ! -
My dad got one of them,he wore it on and off for a while but he ended up going to the docs and now has steroids and god knows what else to take now but it seems that they are working as he hasn't had to give up work and he is 67 and has a very physically demanding job.