Magnetic/Copper Bracelets

kind2creatures · � #1 � 10-20-2009, 02:05 PM

Has anyone had any positive results from using magnetic or copper bracelets for relief of arthritis or other pain?

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Bracelets 'useless' in arthritis

Magnetic devices have been used for arthritis for centuries

Copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are useless for relieving pain in people with arthritis, say University of York researchers. In the first tightly controlled trial to look at both alternative therapies, there was no benefit to their use for pain or stiffness.
All 45 patients tested a copper bracelet, two different magnetic wrist straps, and a demagnetised version.
An arthritis charity said people should not waste their money on the therapies.

Study leader Stewart Richmond, a research fellow in the Department of Health Sciences, said there had only been one other randomised controlled trial - comparing the treatment with placebo - on copper bracelets and that was done in the 1970s.

Although there is a big public appetite for non-drug treatments from arthritis patients, we would not encourage them to spend a lot of money on products for which there is very little scientific evidence

Jane Tadman, Arthritis Research Campaign

The market - particularly in magnetic devices which can cost �25 and �65 for the wrist straps - is worth billions of dollars worldwide.

In the trial, 45 people aged 50 or over, who were all diagnosed as suffering from osteoarthritis wore each of the four devices in a random order over a 16-week period.

They were all ineffective in terms of pain, stiffness and physical function, the researchers reported in the journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine.

Placebo effect
"It appears that any perceived benefit obtained from wearing a magnetic or copper bracelet can be attributed to psychological placebo effects," said Mr Richmond.
"People tend to buy them when they are in a lot of pain, then when the pain eases off over time they attribute this to the device.

"However, our findings suggest that such devices have no real advantage over placebo wrist straps that are not magnetic and do not contain copper."
He said the marketing of the devices was often to vulnerable elderly people.

Jane Tadman from the Arthritis Research Campaign said although many people with arthritis wore copper bracelets, there was no current research that supports their use.

"Although there is a big public appetite for non-drug treatments from arthritis patients, we would not encourage them to spend a lot of money on products for which there is very little scientific evidence," she added.

pinballdoctor · � #2 � 10-20-2009, 05:26 PM

Arthritis has three main causes:

Blunt injury

Vaccinations

Yeast/Fungus

It is very unlikely that a magnetic bracelet would do anything to relieve the pain or inflammation.

liverock · � #3 � 10-21-2009, 02:51 AM

I used to sell Bioflow magnetic devices for people with arthritis (many moons ago).

They came with a money back guarantee if they didnt work. 80% of people were satisfied and didnt claim their money back.

When people used to say its the placebo effect, I would point out that the magnetic dog collars they made for dogs with arthritis seemed to work 100% (and there were some really bad cases of dogs who had hip displasia,couldnt get the back legs to stand and had to drag themselves along).

They also used to make devices for horses with laminitis which wrapped around their legs with and again these seemed to have a very high success rate.

I dont know whether Bioflow are still going, but they had a unique patent which meant they had an alternating magnetic field, not like the cheap normal magnetic bracelet which usually has a weak static magnetic field.

The alternating field replicated the pulsing magnetic field equipment used by physiotherapists to treat injuries sustained by professional sports players.

The British Medical Journal, the main doctors magazine in the UK, did a study on the effect of Biolow magnets on hip and knee arthritis.

https://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/...urcetype=HWCIT

The study warned that low strength magnets are not effective. If your going to buy a wrist magnet for arthritis make sure it has a field strength at least 160 mTesla. If the supplier cant show this walk away.

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Studies that have failed to show an effect on pain generally used weaker magnets (19 to 50 mTesla). Studies that have shown an effect used stronger magnets (47 to 180 mTesla), which were comparable with our standard strength magnets.
Together these findings suggest that field strength is important.

D Bergy · � #4 � 10-21-2009, 06:25 PM

Copper has a natural frequency near 100Hz. Treatments using Rife type devices use frequencies to treat arthritis pain. One of the frequencies is 100 Hz, so the connection between Copper and Arthritis may be the natural frequency it resonates.

Silver also resonates at exactly 100 Hz, and in theory, should work just as well.

Dan

pinballdoctor · � #5 � 10-22-2009, 03:35 PM

I am aware of magnetic therapy, used in nursing homes, to help prevent bed sores.

The blanket is full of small but powerful magnets, that stimulate the skin, however am unaware if they help with arthritis.

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