The colleague's wife is involved with a Japanese multilevel marketing firm that sells therapeutic magnet products. The physician is skeptical but decides to try a magnet wrap on his daughter's elbow. Within a few hours it was practically gone. At first, her elbow would start hurting again if she stopped using the magnet. Gradually, over a few weeks, the pain would go away and stayed away.
Anecdotes abound about biomagnetic therapy for pain relief.
It's estimated that about 20 golfers on the PGA Senior Tour wouldn't be able to compete each week without magnets attached with elastic wraps, Velcro, belts or medical tape attached to knees, backs, elbows, necks, hips and other body areas. Jim Colbert, one of the circuit's big winners, credits his success to wide-strip magnets he wears on his back. He also sleeps on a magnetic mattress product, which is typically fabric-covered foam padding with the magnets sewn inside. He said his back pain used to sideline him for a good part of the golf season. Now he hasn't missed a day, and keeps ringing up prize money.