However, there is an independent action on all muscles in the body. This means that magnets are a great therapy for muscle tension and sprains and strains. Irritated nerves fire more often and transfer pain signals. Magnets applied directly over areas of pain reduce nerve firing and therefore pain. Pain reduction also happens when muscle tension and circulation improve.
Magnets have an independent effect on reducing platelet aggregation .
The level of action is comparable to aspirin and because it acts through a different mechanism it is additive to prostaglandin inhibitors. The anti-inflammatory effects of magnets operate primarily through antioxidative mechanisms. There may sometimes be temporary increases in inflammation, especially in new onset infections or autoimmune conditions. If the magnets continue to be used, the body would usually resolve this increase in inflammation with improvement of the underlying inflammation. One example of its benefit here is in spider bites or insect bites .