Magnetic headpieces - Food for thought

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Very interesting - w.r.t to dressage specifically, as it would appear that dressage riders are using these headpieces more than riders in other disciplines, if the scales of training are being followed, surely there is no need for these devices?

If certain calming substances are forbidden, why can calming devices be used?

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My point precisely Megan!!
 
Ok guys I am going to spend an hour with a magnet on my head tomorrow and see what happens! Then I will try and do my Uni work and see if a newly-found burst of amazing academia comes out of my brain LOL

Have use magnets on splints- and for sure the splint literally reduced in size by more than half after I had put it on for an hour. So it must have increased the blood flow to that area.
 
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Well I am more then happy to strap a couple of fridge magnets to my forehead and see if it does anything to cure my headache...

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Surely in order to make the research scientifically and anatomically accurate you would need to strap the fridge magnets kind of at the nape of your neck ish? I thought you were supposed to be a scientific doctor?
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If I have a headache, I take a painkiller. If I keep having a headache I need to know what is causing it and (if possible) deal with that. Is the danger that you're treating the symptoms rather than the cause whatever you're using?
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Well I have one strapped to my wrist & it helps enormously, & on really bed days I put them on my ankle (broken in 8 places & pinned & plated) this also gives so much relief. Dont have a clue why it works, but it certainly does. Am I causing myself harm? Dont really know but I doubt it very much, I live for the present as tomorrow I 'could' get knocked down by a bus.
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If I have a headache, I take a painkiller. If I keep having a headache I need to know what is causing it and (if possible) deal with that. Is the danger that you're treating the symptoms rather than the cause whatever you're using?
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Yes but you know that if you still have a headache tomorrow then you need to go to the Doctor and find out why, not just keep taking pain killers.
 
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Surely in order to make the research scientifically and anatomically accurate you would need to strap the fridge magnets kind of at the nape of your neck ish? I thought you were supposed to be a scientific doctor?
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Well technically I am placing the magnets closest to the problem area but will try the nape of my neck if it makes you happy.
Also managed to cut my finger tonight while making my dinner and have scientifically proven by holding a magnet next to it that they do not noticeably increase blood flow...
 
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Well I have one strapped to my wrist & it helps enormously, & on really bed days I put them on my ankle (broken in 8 places & pinned & plated) this also gives so much relief. Dont have a clue why it works, but it certainly does. Am I causing myself harm? Dont really know but I doubt it very much, I live for the present as tomorrow I 'could' get knocked down by a bus.
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Do they really help your ankle?

As far as the head peices go I really think we need a human tester
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True true..but that does show that circulation is increased.

Oh by the way, I just remembered that actually, I do have two magnets on my head. I had forgotten they were there! DUH. One Surgicaly placed inside the skull. One outside. have had them for over a year.
And no, I do not feel like a reformed character!!
 
Yes I actually have to say they do. Also at certain shows my son jumps between 6 & 10 horses, & rides most of them every day of the week. He is very tall & 'long' between limbs & suffers with his back (like lots of riders) He also gets a lot of pain relief from the magnetic bands. I can not even begin to understand why it seems to work for us, maybe I should look into it more, but it does give us relief from pain. That is good enough for me.
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So it gives relief from pain? Would that imply that perhaps the horses are in pain then?

Just out of interest, do the magnets make you calm and docile?
 
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So it gives relief from pain? Would that imply that perhaps the horses are in pain then?

Just out of interest, do the magnets make you calm and docile?

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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh if they do can I use them at certain times of the month please...and when I have to do anything with more than 3 children
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Referring back to your original reply tia; about what specifically is going on IF these things do give such a drammatic and rather immediate effect...

I mentioned to my OH last night about trying one on Jack and he went completly mental about the idea of placing anything like that so close to his brain.

Ive always used leg wraps with magnetics in them but it was made quite clear to me yesterday that there was no way i was being allowed to put magnetic products anywhere near his head..

Ive used magnets on myself for YEARS and have always thought they had some slight effect although honestly, they've never made me feel more lethargic at all. If anything, id say its somewhat the opposite because i *think* they ease my knee problem slightly which should in fact make me more inclined to be energetic?

Frankly, i know how magnets are supposed to work; ive read a million and one arguments about why they shouldnt work - Personally i think they do but on reflection of what my OH said and some of the points raised here.. im not sure im comfortable about why they work when applied to the brain region
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I've seen great things when placing magnets on swelling- Boss got a big knee by hitting a fence round an intermediate the week before our first 2* so he had magnets on for 1 hour twice a day and where the magnet lay, the swelling went right down. The swelling didnt clear in the area surrounding the magnet and it returned after the magnets had been off for a while.

What this tells you, I dont know. I have no idea how they may act on the body's tissues.

However, if I'm having training problems- issues with tension etc then I will always choose to try and find a proper solution. Not a quick fix with what could essentially be acting in a similar manner to a mind altering drug!!
 
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Also managed to cut my finger tonight while making my dinner and have scientifically proven by holding a magnet next to it that they do not noticeably increase blood flow...

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But surely, you would need to cut several fingers and randomly apply magnets without knowing to which cuts you were doing it, then, if you bled to death only out of the magnet-aided cuts, you would know that the magnets worked?

No.. hang on- you'd be dead...
 
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Lou, I am probably barking up the wrong tree here, just humour me for a moment. Is this theory of magnets near the brain similiar to the argument of mobile phone use?
Anyone, please!

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It is what keeps going through my mind TBH Fresh! It isn't the same as that is to do with radiation emissions, but I cannot help but shake the worries away
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Are there any physio/massage people on here who might be able to shed any light? I had a McTimmony lady out to check Mr D last year when he went 'not right' and there was nothing the vet or massage/physio could find that accounted for his 'offness'... she used the atlas as a place to apply pressure to release a 'kick' (of endorphins I presume) and it sent him into a trance. It was what she did to finish the treatment I think and left him in a zombified state. I would have thought that the close proximity to the atlas might be what the magnets are (allegedly) having an effect on. (This is why I am wondering if there are any chiros/massage people who might know better)
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And yes, I too am worried about putting something that is untested near his brain! I used magnetic boots for my old arthritic highland and never thought twice about it. But putting something so close to the brain it a different matter to me.
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I would have thought that the close proximity to the atlas might be what the magnets are (allegedly) having an effect on. (This is why I am wondering if there are any chiros/massage people who might know better)
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why would they know better? they arent scientists ?
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Ok, chiros, physios or scientists. Any scientists know?
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I asked about Chiros because this is where my crazy idea came from; from seeing a chiro use the atlas point during treatment.
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Lou, I am probably barking up the wrong tree here, just humour me for a moment. Is this theory of magnets near the brain similiar to the argument of mobile phone use?
Anyone, please!

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There isn't any link between Mobiles and brain problems. Someone did a study which lasted 10 years and at the end of it there was no evicence to support the theory
 
i wear a bioflow magnet and i love it, was out of a cast in three weeks after breaking my ankle (bad break), i should have been in cast for plus 9 weeks and the doc;s thought it was litrally a miracle . I wear it 24/7 now and if i take it off, i notice a difference within an hour, i get a sour back etc which was also injured from the accident.

I have a mag rug and mag headpiece and bots for the horses and collar for the dogs and WOULD NOT be without. with regards to cheating, i would not say it was cheating.
 
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