It appears that static magnets create a pulsed field effect when they are moved. The problem with pulsed magnetics is that a machine is required to supply the appropriate voltage to the electromagnet. And the only way to gain access to one was to become part of a study or build it yourself. That is why all of the commercially available magnetic products use the static magnets. One manufacturer has begun to offer machines that produce pulsed fields.
Most magnetic products use ceramic or neodymium single-field static magnets in point applications.
However, one manufacturer produces a multiple concentric-field point magnet with the fields laid out in circles. And another manufacturer provides a single field uni-pole point magnet . That means that both north and south poles of the magnet are on the same side. Point magnets are placed over the sight of the pain or over an acupuncture point that corresponds to the sight of the pain. Point magnets are designed to affect a single spot not a area.