I personally have used magnets for pain relief, strained muscles, twisted ankles, strained back and arthritis pain Sometimes they worked, sometimes they didn’t.

The magnets I used were originally used at a children’s hospital , as children didn’t mind magnets but were scared of needles.

With magnets they need to be placed directly over the area of pain, so they can affect the nerves and blood flow. The challenge sometimes is that where you feel the pain is not where the pain is actually coming from, so its a matter of moving them around until you feel the pain dissipating.

And sometimes, either due to location or depth of the nerves being affected, the magnets didnt work. But when they did -the result was instantaneous.

Magnets if they are held against the skin will relax blood vessels and allow more blood to flow to the areas of pain and will stop the pain faster. It is also though that the magnetic field will prevent muscle spasms and will interfere with the nerves reaction to pain.

Magnets might just work for you and you will not know until you give them a try. You can buy them in different shapes and sizes and most of the therapists that promote their use will sell magnetic jewelry, belts, and different straps so that they can be worn on the body at the area that is affected. The prices are going to be different and will be anything from five dollars to the very expensive thousands of dollars. This will depend on the style and size of the magnet. You need to choose a magnet that is strong. It is measured in gausses with a typical refrigerator magnet being around 100 gauss; its strength is too weak to penetrate the skin. 450 gauss is the lowest strength that should be used for medical treatments. Magnets that advance in strength will get more expensive as you go. Stronger magnets will work better so that you may get what you pay for in this case.