Do magnetic bracelets work?
This is a question we are often asked. In fact we’ve had cause to ask it ourselves on many occasions. In the seventeen years we have been in practice it’s probably the most frequent thing that companies have approached us about to sell on to our patients. The simple answer is that magnetic fields can help the body to heal in certain ways. However, most of the magnetic products around simply aren’t strong enough to make any difference. A couple of months ago a new type of magnetic bracelet was launched into the UK, one that was based on NASA technology. This one was different. Not only did it have magnets that were strong enough to have an effect but they also generated negative ions and far infra red rays. The last two have also been known for their therapeutic effects. If all this wasn’t enough they were actually attractive pieces of jewellery in their own right, which is not something you can say about a lot of the magnetic bracelets out there.
