Something works, I woke up pain-free for the first time in over a year
Got a free pair of the low intensity rings (not neodymium) over 10 years ago. I was pretty sure he was a scam artist, but just wanted to get my free rings. When they didn't arrive quickly, I fired off an email to him complaining. To my surprise, the rings really did come a little while later after a nice apology from Alex.<br /><br />I didn't notice much out of the free rings, but I did notice a little something and since he had instructions on how to build your OWN rings right on his website, I decided to do a little test. Still skeptical and not wanting to give a scammer any of my money, I found a website which sold neodymium magnets in the range his website suggested and created 2 rings according to his instructions, with a compass to determine which side should face up. Once I had it all figured out, I wrote a big R on one ring to indicate it should be worn on my Right pinky and an L on the other to indicate it should be worn on the left just to make sure I always wore the rings correctly.<br /><br />I wore the rings a couple times back then but noticed they gave me really bizarre energy spikes and seemed to almost give me anxiety or something. I was in my late 20s or early 30s and I was just worried they were doing something unhealthy, so I stopped using them and wrote Alex off as a quack.<br /><br />Fast forward to last night. I am now almost 42 and I have had increasing pains in my legs, joints and especially problems with my feet. It's really weird when you start developing pain for apparently no reason. I have to make an appointment with the doctor soon, but at first I attributed the pains to low magnesium, ill-fitting shoes, and straining my body with starting a new yoga and walking routine too forcefully. However, the more time that has gone by (over a year now), I began to suspect it's some underlying health issue, which is why I need to see the doctor for a complete checkup again.<br /><br />For the past year, I have had what I believe is plantar fasciitis. The yoga helped for over a year until I sprained my big toe and had to stop. Still, when I would wake up in the morning, my heel and hamstring were tight and sore and required stretching, which is the basic symptom of plantar fasciitis. The bottoms of my feet begin to hurt if I stand too long or walk too much. My ankles and knees also hurt if I exert myself too much running. My lower back often is a bit sore because I have swayback and if I do not do abdominal exercise regularly, it starts to LOOK like swayback and also gets sore. Again, the yoga greatly fixed this problem: I had a straighter stance without belly tipping forward and butt sticking out (makes you look 20 pounds lighter and about 2 inches taller) and this also meant I had no pain in my lower back, not even if I slept too long on a bad mattress. Yoga was the answer to most of my prayers until I had to stop doing it. I am very much looking forward to the day my toe heals up so I can begin again!<br /><br />ANYWAY, with all these pains increasing and not being able to do yoga or run, I bought night splints to stretch out my feet while I sleep so that hopefully my plantar fasciitis will be healed eventually. And I bought several supplements which I have been taking for over 6 months now trying to address any deficiencies which may be the cause of this apparent degeneration. Nothing has really helped much as far as I can tell.<br /><br />LAST NIGHT, on a whim, I got up from the couch and found my homemade &#34;Alex Chiu&#34; neodymium rings and put them on before I went to sleep. I did not put on my night splint for plantar fasciitis. I woke up today with no pain in my feet or back and feeling well-rested after just 5 hours of sleep. I went back to bed for another 3 hours, which borders on too much sleep for me (especially after doing nothing but lay on the couch the previous evening) and still woke up with no lower back pain.<br /><br />I have no idea what the rings did, but it is obvious they did something. My guess is they improved circulation which may have in turn moved something carried in the blood that may settle in the extremities of legs and feet, but that doesn't explain why my lower back doesn't hurt.<br /><br />I can honestly say that I wish I had worn these rings when I first made them now. I will definitely be wearing them every night for the foreseeable future and if anything interesting happens, I will update this review.<br /><br />These are homemade rings, but if I feel they really start to improve my health, I might just buy the very expensive (and most powerful) foot bar magnets as a way to say thank you to Alex. He certainly has received a lot of negative attention for his website and I was one of the people who made fun of the site back then, too. I got a free pair of rings from him, learned how to make my own, and never gave him a penny or even thanked him. Instead, I continued to joke about the website with people online until I forgot about it. Now I feel like a complete jerk because there is no way my pain-free body is a result of anything but these rings. I have woken up daily with these pains for over a year now, there is simply not a day that I get out of bed and don't stumble immediately to the wall to stretch out my hamstrings due to pain. Today I did not. Last night I wore the rings. End of story.
Rating: 5 stars