Could a magnetic-based alternative therapy used by champion athletes help with a niggling injury?
So Roger Federer has a secret weapon. It stands to reason. Rarely is he injured or below par in fitness despite his rigorous schedule on the tennis tour. It has been suggested widely on the web – though not by any medical practitioner – that one element that contributes to Federer’s supreme physical condition is his alleged use of bio-electric-magnetic technology. He is said to be one of a number of athletes and sports teams that carry a portable pulsed magnetic therapy unit on tour. According to Bemer, who make the unit, and sporting professionals such as Karin Mobes, Federer’s Swiss compatriot and world winter triathlon champion, it enhances performance, aids faster regeneration and helps to prevent injuries. Bemer stands for bio-electric-magnetic-energy-regulation and is a completely non-invasive alternative treatment for a whole host of injuries and ailments from arthritis to psoriasis. The technology is licensed in Germany and manufactured in Lichtenstein. It works like this: the
