banjolady.susan@... wrote:
> i am new to the group and have just found out thru MRI that I have a
> medial collateral ligament sprain and 2 bone bruises on my left
> knee. I am a rather rabid hiker and these injuries were caused by 2
> falls, one on 11/30 and one on 12/4 in which my knee hyperflexed
> under me. i hiked out (4 more hours) but then was in pain, rested a
> few days, hiked again last weekend and now am in pain again. i want
> to try magnets on this if there is a chance of them working, but
> have no idea where to begin or what to buy--there is a ton of stuff
> out there. also am wondering if i should treat my whole body with
> magnets and not just the knee in question? i have metal in my left
> ankle, plate and 7 screws from a fracture in nov 2000.

First, the metal in your leg should not affect or be affected by
magnotherapy. Modern implants are designed to be MRI-friendly and do not
interact with
magnetic fields.

There are three main ways of applying magnotherapy and each seems to have a
different effect. In your position, I would use all three.
1 Magnetic modules over the injury, working directly on the problem area
2 Magnetic modules over the pulse, treating the blood, which then treats the
rest of the body.
3 Drinking magnetically treated water.

Here's a press cutting from the UK about a sports injury.
---
Woman December 6 1999
My leg pain has been cured by magnets
Louise Kochalski, 17, from Kincardineshire, is a skier with the national
Scottish team. Her pain from a long-standing injury has finally been relieved by
magnets.
'I started skiing at four and have been competitive ever since,' says Louise.
'Last Easter, training with the Scottish National Alpine squad, I was flying
down the mountain in the giant slalom and hit a gate, badly bruising my leg
where I'd fractured it before. it came up in a huge lump and in spite of
ice-packs, massage and rest, the doctor said it was there for good. The pain
really
interfered with my training, but then my dad read about magnetic therapy for
sports injuries and bought me a special magnet to wear on my ankle. It was
amazing. Within two days the swelling started going down, and I'm now training
for
a skiing competition in Canada.'
-----
These days you can walk into your local chemist and buy magnotherapy patches
and bracelets, but I do not recommend you do this, some are very weak magnets.
Find a local supplier who will give you a good money back guarantee, see if
that product works, and if it doesn't, get your money back and try a
different product. Traditional magnotherapy uses north poles for healing,
while
modern magnotherapy uses multiple poles. Your injury may respond better to
modern rather than trad, or vice versa.

Best wishes
--
John Bain
Magnotherapy user, researcher & distributor and ex-UK TV Sound Director
http://members.aol.com/JBainSI/Magnotherapy.html
Surround Sound for Television





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