Magnetic Therapy
Magnets and their therapeutic uses have been around for centuries. This time we can thank Cleopatra for sleeping on lodestone which is filled with magnetic rock and the Greeks who noticed that they could not climb hills in shoes whose soles were made of the same material that was found on the hills. The magnetic pull made the climb too difficult.
Magnets have long since been used in all types of experiments and for all sorts of reasons. We use magnets around the house for different reasons from keeping the refrigerator door shut to putting paperwork up on the fridge door. But the most important reason for magnetism is its use in lessening the inflammatory process in the body.
Magnets, when placed on parts of the body for a variety of reasons, such as cancer, can be found to have recuperative properties. The use of magnets is now widely advertised for different products such as mattress covers, arm braces, knee braces and wrist guards. The magnetic qualities help the blood's circulatory system to get the good nutrients and oxygen to the organs, joints and tendons which are badly affected by arthritis.
So now the magnets can be placed on the body in a number of ways: