Before you run out to purchase these relatively expensive alternative treatments for your pain, do your research. I have been reading up on this controversial treatment because my husband suffers from chronic back pain. At first I was very optimistic and actually considered asking him to try magnet therapy. As I perused the hundreds of Web sites that actually sell magnets in all their various forms, I learned quite a bit - and also found out just how ignorant I was about the magnetic pull in our bodies and the role it plays. You can purchase magnets for health in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Magnets come in the form of pillows, haribrushes, jewelry, bedding, insoles and even make-up.
According to the Web sites that sell these products, people are swearing by them, but I did do some research and found some interesting facts. In conducting a study of patients with heel pain, the results were negative. 19 patients wore a molded insole containing a magnetic foil, while 15 patients wore the same type of insole with no magnetic foil. In both groups the results were the same 60 percent reported improvement. These results suggest that the magnetic foil was of no benefit.