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Welcome to the Q Magnets blog! We’ve maintained this blog for more than a decade and post new research and relevant information on magnetic field therapy as well as provide a platform for Q magnets users happy to share their experience. If you would like to comment and/or join the discussion, please visit our social channels (links in footer) or contact us if you would like to share your experience with our readers.
Why Pain Becomes Chronic And Why Early Treatment Matters
Most injuries heal -> Eventually. Muscles repair. Ligaments strengthen. Inflammation subsides. Yet many people experience something very different: Pain that persists long after tissues should have recovered. Modern pain science now recognises that this often occurs because the nervous system itself becomes sensitized. Understanding how this process unfolds helps explain why early treatment...
Magnets vs Red Light, Infrared and TENS What Is Actually Different From a Physics Perspective?
Magnets vs Red Light, Infrared and TENS Magnets vs PEMF vs Red Light, Infrared and TENS: What Is Actually Different from a Physics Perspective? When people compare magnets, PEMF, red light, infrared, and TENS, they are usually asking one question in different ways: which goes deeper, which is stronger, or which is more powerful? But from a physics perspective, those questions often mix...
Magnets, Crops, and North–South Folklore: Why Field Gradient Matters More Than Polarity
[Above Image] James Hermans at the Pacific Symposium in San Diego in October, 2025. Field | Dose | Placement. After two decades in magnet design and countless conversations about polarity, the phrase Field | Dose | Placement captures the real science better than any slogan ever could. Because when you even look at the plant literature, where placebo doesn’t exist, the story becomes very clear:...
What Happens When Magnets Are Applied Early After Injury?
When an athlete experiences trauma whether from a fall, collision, or impact the immediate concern is how bruising, swelling, and tissue damage will evolve in the first few days. This early phase often determines recovery speed, comfort, and return-to-play timelines.This page explores what happens when multipolar magnets are applied early after trauma, based on a real-world case study involving...
How a Simple Magnet Setup Helped a Bruised Finger Recover Faster
A bruised finger is a common sports injury, especially in ball-handling sports like football, where impact and joint strain happen quickly. In many cases, swelling, discolouration, and reduced movement can limit performance for days or longer. This page explores how magnetic therapy for a bruised finger may be applied in a practical, real-world scenario, based entirely on a documented case.For a...
How Q Magnets Helped Manage 36 Years of Chronic Migraines
A personal experience with Q magnets from John Kelly, an optometrist from Brisbane, Australia.By John Kelly, Brisbane For the past 36 years, I’ve lived with chronic migraines—24/7, ebbing and flowing, but always there, a constant presence. Some days are worse than others, but every morning, without fail, I wake up with pain. In my case, the headaches are worse if I lie down. I'm unsure why....
Magnetic Therapy vs. Grounding: What’s the Difference?
While the concept of magnetic therapy can be traced back to the time of Cleopatra, a much more recent phenomenon called grounding (or earthing) has been gaining popularity as a natural approach to health and well-being. Although both involve interactions with electromagnetic forces, they work in fundamentally different ways at the biological level. Each taps into physics and biology in...
Debunking myths around magnetic therapy and blood flow.
One of the most widely repeated claims about magnetic therapy is simple: “Magnets increase blood flow.” It sounds intuitive. It sounds scientific. And it has been repeated for decades in marketing, media, and even some clinical discussions. But when you examine the research more closely, a different and far more nuanced picture emerges. Not only is the “increase blood flow” explanation...
Positive Study: Static Magnetic Field Therapy Effectively Relieves Neck and Back Pain
A recent study published in Complementary Medicine Research explored the efficacy of static magnetic field (SMF) therapy using neodymium magnets in alleviating pain and improving overall quality of life in patients with mechanical neck pain (MNP) and mechanical low back pain (MLBP). The paper discusses differences between the magnet devices used in the Collacott [REF] study. Published in JAMA in...
Supporting ACL Recovery in Athletes with Q Magnets: A Non-Surgical Perspective
ACL injuries are one of the most disruptive setbacks for athletes, often raising the question of whether surgery is necessary for full recovery. While reconstruction has long been the standard, growing interest in non-surgical ACL recovery has emerged particularly when structured rehabilitation is combined with supportive therapies. ACL injuries can significantly affect knee stability,...
How Static Magnetic Fields Are Shaping the Future of Organ Preservation
The medical world is no stranger to the potential of magnetic fields, particularly static magnetic fields (SMFs), which have been shown to positively impact human health and biological processes. A recent study published in Cell Reports Physical Science brings renewed attention to this underexplored area. The study, titled "Static Magnetic Field Increases the Antioxidant Stress Ability of Static...
From Magnetism to Movement: The Myokinetic Control Interface in Prosthetic Design
In many ways, magnetism is at the cutting edge of medical research, think MRI and TMS. While Elon Musk’s groundbreaking Neuralink, uses electronics to connect the brain-computer interface and bring new life to quadriplegics. Few people realise that static magnets are opening similar possibilities for amputees and the journey from magnetism to movement is taking shape with Myokinetic Control...
Unfair Irrational Stigmatization of Magnetic Field Therapy in Modern Media
Magnetic field therapy has a rich history, dating back centuries, and used for a variety of therapeutic purposes. First used by prominent scientists, like the physician to Queen Elizabeth I, William Gilbert and the famous 19th century physician Franz Mesmer, who popularised animal magnetism and mesmerism. Sure, there have been dodgy practices using static magnets, but nothing as serious as...
Optimizing Static Magnetic Fields for Therapeutic Use: Insights and Innovations
In the developing fields of biohacking and alternative therapies, the advantages of static magnetic fields are attracting greater attention. A recent article in Neuroscience News explores how Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) can be optimized to treat depression, highlighting the broader possibilities of magnetic therapies. Drawing parallels from TMS, it’s obvious that static magnets can...
“Breakthrough in Fibromyalgia Treatment: How rTMS and Static Magnets Can Transform Lives”
A recent study published in Brain Sciences explored the impact of 20 sessions of low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on patients with fibromyalgia, revealing significant improvements in cognitive and psychiatric functions compared to a sham treatment group. This finding highlights the potential benefits of noninvasive brain stimulation techniques, such as rTMS, in...
Aurora Australis and the Earth’s Magnetic Field
We live in the Earth’s magnetic field 24/7 and at times, its effects become visible. Migratory birds and turtles are known to use the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate long distances. But did you know the Aurora Australis, the southern lights and Aurora Borealis, the northern lights are a phenomena caused by the Earth’s magnetic field?Auror Australis. Fish Creek, Victoria. Image © by Andrew...
Combining TENS and Q Magnets
TENS machines are thought to work by activating the fast-conducting myelinated nerves, such as A-Beta fibres and closing the Pain-Gate. Whereas Q magnets mainly inhibit the slow-conducting unmyelinated nerves, such as C-fibres. Combining the two modalities, can simultaneously target both the fast-conducting and slow-conducting nerves and improve the effects on some of the more complex painful...
Why magnet design matters? Learning from Cow Magnets
Magnetic materials are attracted to field gradients and NOT to a uniform or what physicists call a homogeneous field. This is well illustrated with the cow magnet. Cow magnets are used by cattle farmers to safely collect any metal objects such as nails or barbed wire their animal might ingest. Because the cow magnet produces a field gradient along the length of its shaft, metal objects will neatly stick to its sides. This is how it works…
Magnetic Mattress Pads helping provide support for those suffering pain
Learn how magnetic mattress pads reduce pain based on clinical research and discover Q Magnets’ magnetic mattress pads for rapid pain relief.
How Rockefeller’s Flexner Report Suppressed Electric & Magnetic therapy
How the Rockefeller sponsored Flexner Report from 1910 affected medical training and the use of electric and magnetic fields.
The role of sympathetic nervous system in chronic pain and Q Magnet therapy application
The SNS can play a major role in sustaining chronic pain, particularly in the case of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CPRS). Learn how Q Magnets can be applied for therapeutic effects on pain modulation and reducing sympathetic overload.
Dr Goiz Biomagnetic Pairing and Q Magnets
According to Dr Goiz, the biomagnetic pairing technique involves using pairs of bipolar magnets to balance pH, improve the immune system and overcome disease. Studies that show positive benefits for pain relief are achieved when multipolar magnets such as Q Magnets are specifically placed on areas such as trigger points and nerve connections. Read this article to learn more!
What if your clinical trial reveals something opposite to that which you were expecting?
In a conversation with popular psychologist Jordan Peterson, he proposed that, “One of the hallmarks of the validity in science, if you discover something and you really wish it wasn’t true, then it probably is.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsuhfsfk6Kk&t=3075s How does this relate to magnetic field therapy? Well in 1997, there was a published randomised controlled clinical trial that...
Q Magnets Case Study Published in the Medical Acupuncture Journal
Medical acupuncturists are experts at identifying and accurately locating the morphological structures to be targeted. Quadrapolar, or Q Magnets produce an optimised field and provide the acupuncturist with an additional modality to target these structures that is safe, specific, simple to use and provides a 24/7 application option. A new study by a veteran acupuncturist shows the true...
Iliopsoas, trigger point therapy and Magnetic field therapy
Ilopsoas myofascial dysfunction can result in trigger point pain and is many times the hidden culprit in chronic back pain. Massage, exercise, dry needling, physiotherapy, injections and surgery are commonly prescribed. Magnetic field therapy can also be a useful tool.
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