By James Hermans
I’ve been fortunate to have been relatively pain free and had little need to use my own products. We’ve used them on our kids a number of times, but I recently had three occasions to use them and it really makes you appreciate how good they are!
These are what you would call soft-tissue injuries and animals studies have shown static magnets can assist by:
- Reducing inflammatory cells
- Agiogenesis (formation of new blood vessels)
- Collagen formation
The first case is from a strike to the top of the foot during a kickboxing class. I missed the pad and hit my partner’s elbow. This was particularly painful and within an hour I had applied an OF50-3 magnet to the outside of my footwear and over a sock for bed. The magnetic field from the larger magnets will easily penetrate through shoes and socks and offers a convenient application.
Foot Injury
Magnet application over boot
Magnet application over sock
1 day post Q Magnets application
3 days post Q Magnets application
The “how to”, when using magnets for pain:
- Apply them immediately or as soon as possible after the injury.
- Use with RICE (rest, ice, compression & elevation), but we say RICEM.
- Continue with your standard care and use the magnets in conjunction.
- Place the magnet directly over the point of impact.
- Make sure the magnet is large enough to cover the area of impact.
- Keep it on for the duration of the recovery.
What can you expect?
- Almost immediate pain relief
- Faster recovery
The next was an impact to my lower leg by a mattock. Don’t ask how, because the answer lacks human intelligence! First see the implement 🙂
A solid hit to just to the outside of the shin bone and boy did it hurt!
A Q Magnet QF28-3 was applied right after the injury.
This is the best time to apply your magnets, as soon as possible. The swelling was already starting to show 2 hours after the injury. But by the next day, it wasn’t looking too bad.
At 2 Hours
Magnet Attached
Magnet Attached
As it happened, it was jump up and down painful, but not long after with the Q Magnet and an ice pack, it settled down nicely. With the Q Magnets attached for a few days, the pain wasn’t noticeable, only when it was pressed.
Q Magnets for Thumb Strain
Then there was a strained thumb from a block of wood shooting out from a wood splitter and straight into my thumb. I managed to strain both thumb joints quite badly and again it was extremely painful. Two magnets, the HF20-3 and QF15-2 were placed directly over the joints and once again, pain relief was almost immediate and the injury recovered steadily.
Strained Thumb
