Magnet Therapy

Excerpts from the entry on Magnet Therapy in Relieving Pain Naturally by Dr. Sylvia Goldfarb and Roberta W. Waddell. For full entries on all 37 conditions and 27 treatments, order the book.

Magnet therapy is a method of reducing pain and healing humans and animals with magnets. Considered by some to be just another new age fad, magnet therapy burst onto the contemporary scene in the early 1990s when several prominent sports figures attested to its healing powers. Golfer Jim Colbert says he wears a magnetic belt whenever he has a game to play because it relieves his back pain. Baseball great, outfielder Hank Aaron, and the former New York Yankee pitcher, Hideki Irabu, have both endorsed magnet therapy because it helps to energize and recharge them, as it does with the Miami Dolphins football team who all sit on a magnetic bench.

Also in this entry:

• The History of Magnet Therapy
• How Magnet Therapy Works
• Painful Conditions that Respond Well to Magnet Therapy
• Advantages of Magnet Therapy
• How to Use Magnets
• Cautions
• Clinical Studies

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