Magnetic Therapy?
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I for one was very skeptical as a patient....but after utilizing magnetic therapy I would say its definately worth it. It could just be some kind of placebo but I think it helped out alot. My quick healing made a believer out of my VERY skeptical athletic trainer and now hes a spokesperson for one of the companies....so who knows...anyone have any real scientific proof or scientific reasoning why its a bunch of..... 😉
Theoretically, I don't see why it wouldn't be able to help someone. Basically it uses magnetic force to change chemical components in your bod, right? Can't see why it wouldn't work from just thinking about it. My only questions fpr the poeple who p[ractice this are how much does it costs session per session as a general rule of thumb and what happens during a typical session?
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I am a PT and ATC. There have been studies that show that microcurrent speeds several things associated with healing and I use it often in my clinic. It is logical, that a magnetic field can induce an electical current. However, noone has, to my knowledge ever defined how much is enough magnetism to effect a physiologic change in biological tissues, if at all.
She asked me to wear them for a month to see if I felt better with them. I agreed. I cut them down to fit into my shoes and wore them for about one month. I felt no real difference. When she returned and I told her that I could not recommend $75 shoe inserts without any studies to say that hers were any better than 15 cent refrigerator magnets from Wal-Mart, she stormed off.
The moral of the story is beware of people trying to use your reputation and credentials to sell their snake oil.
She asked me to wear them for a month to see if I felt better with them. I agreed. I cut them down to fit into my shoes and wore them for about one month. I felt no real difference. When she returned and I told her that I could not recommend $75 shoe inserts without any studies to say that hers were any better than 15 cent refrigerator magnets from Wal-Mart, she stormed off.
The moral of the story is beware of people trying to use your reputation and credentials to sell their snake oil.
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Yes, sometimes healing takes place... but I can't tell you why, or how, or who it is likely to work in and who it's not. So for now, it's not medicine. It's barely a folk remedy. It could be just luck, and I've not seen anything to elevate the "effects" of magnetic therapy above the level of luck.
My experience transcribing clinic notes in an Ortho Surg department (for about a year) involved one really fun note dictated by a surgeon who was happy to see the patient's shoulder ROM had increased significantly, and pain had decreased significantly. He couldn't explain it, but hey, what the heck. Patient feels better, we consider this to be a good thing. Obviously, if there were dozens of others who tried magnets and didn't get relief, we may or may not have made a comment about them.
I also have arthritis in the tarsal and metatarsal joints of my right foot, greater than left. It's well-controlled now (thanks, Enbrel!), but for a while I tried everything, which is of course what patients do. Magnetic insoles, worn for 2 weeks, did bupkus for me.
My experience transcribing clinic notes in an Ortho Surg department (for about a year) involved one really fun note dictated by a surgeon who was happy to see the patient's shoulder ROM had increased significantly, and pain had decreased significantly. He couldn't explain it, but hey, what the heck. Patient feels better, we consider this to be a good thing. Obviously, if there were dozens of others who tried magnets and didn't get relief, we may or may not have made a comment about them.
I also have arthritis in the tarsal and metatarsal joints of my right foot, greater than left. It's well-controlled now (thanks, Enbrel!), but for a while I tried everything, which is of course what patients do. Magnetic insoles, worn for 2 weeks, did bupkus for me.