This study was published in the December 1999 issue of the Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. However, and this is a big however, I ve found that magnets work on about two-thirds of people. For the other one-third, they do nothing. It s hard to predict when it s going to work and when it s not going to work, Plosker said. One of the theories of why magnet therapy aids healing and helps to diminish pain is that magnets increase blood flow when applied to an area.
Blood has hemoglobin, which includes iron.
The magnets seem to draw blood flow to the affected areas. This increases oxygen to the tissue. Aaron P. Applebaum, a chiropractic physician in Boca Raton, thinks magnet therapy is good for joint pain and muscle tissue tension. He prescribes the therapy but does not carry the magnets in his office. Nurses, he says, typically suffer with low back pain because they lean over patients beds.