If You Think Magnets Help Healing, They Do
For several years I have worn knee braces when I exercise. Each brace contains 16 magnets.
Do they do any good? Who knows?
I also swallow 1,500 mgs of glucosamine chondroitin every day to help build whatever it is that strengthens old knees.
Does this do any good? Who knows?
It's generally agreed they don't hurt, and they might help.
Double blind tests are being undertaken to determine if glucosamine chondroitin is helpful.
A physician friend, Alfred Soffer, writes about magnets:
"Magnetic belts are marketed to 'ease back pain.' Similar magnetic wraps are available for application to the hands, elbows, knees and …
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Article title: If You Think Magnets Help Healing, They Do.
Contributors: Not available.
Newspaper title: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL).
Publication date: January 28, 2000.
Page number: 14.
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