Re:Magnets (Score 1)

Actually despite what some of the other might say I do have to agree with you and only from my own experiences. I was also very skeptical of magnets. I also still do not believe the magnetic bracelets either as there are a lot of fake ones out there. However my experiences with it. I sprained my ankle, and very bad, a class 4 sprain. Any of you know that with a bad sprain you get a lot of swelling you have to ice it several times a day. You have to massage it. Your range of motion is shot and well it takes time to heal. Do even told me at least a month if not 2 months to get rid of most pain and swelling then a little longer to get range of motion back. 2 week after the sprain a friend of mine suggested a ankle magnet, which really looked kind of like a brace, which I could wear under my air cast and best thing he had one from an ankle injury a year prior so he lent it to me to try out. So being skeptical I said sure, what did I have to loose. Next day he brought it to me in the morning, I wore it to work then home and when I got home from work I went to do the normal ritual and get out bags of ice and ice the foot again. However when I took the sock off, the swelling was completely gone and I had very little pain. It was still stiff and range of motion was bad. So I continued to wear it some days in a rush I would leave for work and forget it, I would come home and it would be a little swollen. Put the magnet on and couple hours later all swelling was gone. So it was doing something. What I do not know. But the sprain healed faster than the doctor ever believed it could. He was quite astounded. Now, it wasn't like a miracle cure I still had to get my range of motion back through stretching exercises and so on but it did help heal it in some way. I am still skeptical and unsure about it even though it worked on me. However, I am not about to go out and sprain another ankle to test it out. But my friend only gave it to me because it worked very fast for him in what was a very bad injury as well stopping all swelling. Later I talked to someone that had more of an explanation of how the magnets worked. They work roughly the same as ultrasound, no not the type to see inside your, a pulsing energy used by physical therapist in hospitals around the world. The magnetic field increased the blood flow to the injured area bring the cells needed to repair the damage. So you can believe it if you want. I also think maybe daily use bracelets are a crackpot thing. However I do believe there may be something to helping heal serious injuries.