In a message dated 4/9/2000 18:34:07 US Eastern Standard Time,
magnetic@... writes:

> I am constantly amazed when people involved in the field of magnotherapy
say
> that "no one knows how it works". I think it's because we are trying too
hard
> to find the answer or are we are just complicating it too much?

I"m afraid the second part of this statement doesn't make much sense.
But for the first part, I am not amazed when people involved with magnetic
therapy don't know how it
works. Either they haven't done their homework OR they work for a company
that
plays by the FDA rules (for those in the USA) that will not let them make
medical claims.

This then
> gives orthodox medicine and sceptics ammunition to dispute findings because
> of the lack of clinical studies.

This also makes no sense. What is the "this " you are referring to..
distributors not knowing how
their products work? If they don't know, there is nothing to dispute and
certianly doesn't give ammunition to anyone.
If they are "trying too hard" (I'm not sure what that means) they should
have some idea of how it works and this also doesn't give anyone else
ammunition against them.

If you were referring to your statement "or are we just complicating it too
much" this also doesn't
make much sense. If your explanations are so complicated that they are not
understood that also
doesn't give anyone ammunition against you. It might lose you custormers but
certainly doesn't
give orthodox medicine ammunition against magnetic therapy.

Perhaps you can rephrase what you were trying to say. It's not clear from
the above statements.

>Clinical studies aren't necessarily the
> answer to the reason why something works or not, if it works, then it does,
> simple.

Ray, If clinical studies aren't necessary to answer the reason WHY magnetic
therapy works would
you please explain to me what will explain it?
Stating that magnetic therapy works is all well and good but does not answer
the question "why" or
"how".

>No one is suggesting that it works for everyone otherwise we would
> all be millionaires, however the results speak for themselves and are very
> much in our favour.

The results still don't answer the questions "why" or "how".


The only reason that mainstream medicine won't accept it
> is because you cannot patent a static magnet and therefor cannot control
it's
> effect.


I'd argue that more and more in mainstream medicine do in fact accept magnetic
therapy as being effective. However, since magnetic therapy is not taught in
medical, nursing,
or PA schools it is a slow process.
When most of the research in magnetic therapy is in Japanese or Russian it's
no surprise that
it's slow to be accepted. You can not expect medical professionals to start
using
products that 1. they don't understand how they work 2 don't know if they
work
3 don't know the side effects or risks 4 don't know how to use them most
effectively.
Medical professionals take on a lot of risk with any therapeutic modality
they use. You can't
expect them to be stupid enough to use one that they know almost nothing
about without
asking these questions do you?

> One of the biggest problems that I see in Magnetic Therapy is that in the
> way it is distributed, one minute you are a man/woman in the street, the
next
> you purchase a product, you are then recruited and now your an expert
selling
> your product without a clue as to how it works and the only answer you get
> when you want to find out more is " no one knows" so say nothing.

There are many reputable companies that sell magnetics directly and not
through network marketing.

If you are recruited, and become a distributor for a company that distributes
magnets through network marketing it's not hard to educate yourself. All it
takes is doing some reading. There are also conferences that you can attend
if you are so interested in persuing that interest further.

Very
> convenient and gives all the ammunition to the sceptics that they want.

If someone is skeptical and arguing that magnetics can't be therapeutic
because it's distributed via network marketing that argument itself is
not valid, pretty stupid actually and not dealing with the issue of efficacy
at all.


> I hope I have brought up a "couple" of topics for discussion, but be
warned,
> I meet and eat multi-level marketers every week-- and I know how it works.
> Ray.
>

Ray, before you try eating anyone, network marketer or not, try getting your
points across in a clear consise manner.

Susan