Healing Magnets. A Guide for Pain Relief, Speeding Recovery, and Restoring Balance PDF
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"Magnets can heal and Sherry Kahn offers convincing evidence that they do. Everyone deserves to know how they can help themselves get better fast." —RON LAWRENCE. M.D..PH.D., President, North American Academy of MagneticTherapy, '' Author of Magnet Therapy: The Pain CureAlternative ^ ' ea magnets A GUIDE FOR PAIN RELIEF, 1 SPEEDING RECOVERY, AND RESTORING BALANCE SHERRY KAHN, M.P.H. ' NCQUNTYPUBLICLIBRAI w!?«!M/\P ' Healin Magnets ALSO BYTHEAUTHOR The Nurses MeditativeJournal HealingYourself: A Nurses Guide to Self-Care and Renewal Healin Magnets A guide for pain relief, speeding recovery, and restoring balance M.RH. Sherry Kahn, THREE l\IVEa5 PREii ne^^york • 1 © Copyright 2000bySherry Kahn © Foreword copyright 2000 byDr. Serafina Corsello Allrightsreserved. Nopart ofthis bookmaybereproducedortransmit- tedinanyformorbyanymeans, electronicormechanical, includingpho- tocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Published byThree Rivers Press, NewYork, NewYork. Member of the Crown Publishing Group. Random House, Inc. NewYork,Toronto, London, Sydney, Auckland www.randomhouse.com Three Rivers Press is a registered trademark and theThree Rivers Press colophon is a trademark ofRandomHouse, Inc. Printed in the UnitedStates ofAmerica DesignedbySusanMaksuta LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kahn, Sherry. Healingmagnets : aguide forpain relief, speeding recovery, and restoring balance / bySherry Kahn. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. I. Magnetotherapy. I.Title. RM893.K346 2000 615.8*45—dc2 99-058303 ISBN 0-609-80555-X 987 54321 10 6 First Edition IMPORTANT NOTICE This book provides exciting information about magnet ther- apy, from which many people have benefited.You should, how- ever, see a physician if you have acute or persistent undiagnosed pain. Such pain may indicate a serious problem that may require more sophisticated intervention than magnet therapy. The author has no financial interest in any manufacturer or distributor of therapeutic magnets. CONTENTS Acknowledgments ix Foreword xi L AN ANCIENTTOOL FOR MODERNTIMES I Cathys Story • Magnetic versus Electromagnetic Fields • A HelpfulTherapy for Many Ailments • Magnetic Fields and Health • Who Can Use Magnets 2. THE HISTORY OF MAGNETTHERAPY 9 Back to the Beginning • Moving Forward • MagnetTherapy in the United States 3* THE NATURE OF MAGNETS 17 What Makes a Magnet a Magnet • Modern Magnets • Temporary versus Permanent Magnets • Measuring Magnetic Fields • The Magnetic Earth • The Body Magnetic • Electromagnetic Smog • Being Out of Sync 4. HOW MAGNETS HEAL 29 The Pole Story • How MagnetsWork 5. LOOKING ATTHE EVIDENCE 41 The New Medicine • Magnet Therapy Evidence • Research Design • Magnet Therapy Studies • Conditions for Which MagnetTherapy Has Been Found Helpful vii Healing Magnets CHOOSING MAGNETS 6* 83 Wandering the Magnetic Web • Product Descriptions • Types of Magnetic Products • Purchasing Considerations 7. TREATINGWITH MAGNETS 95 Professional Interest • A Few Precautions • A Complemen- tary Therapy • The Polarity Issue • How to Use Magnets • Frequently Asked Questions AROUNDTHE CORNER 8. 113 Learning More • Nerve Regeneration • In the Next Decade orTwo APPENDIX L RESOURCES 119 Magnetic Product Distributors • Magnet Therapy Organiza- tions/Training Programs APPENDIX SELECTED MAGNETTHERAPY 2. ACUPUNCTURE POINTS 127 APPENDIX KOREAN HANDTHERAPY 3. OVERVIEW 133 Notes 137 Index 157 VIM
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