Magnetic bracelet

[tearinghair]

Afternoon all. Not sure whether I should have put this in Technology or even Science, but I'll try here first.
I'm planning to try wearing a magnetic braclet to see if it helps arthritis in my wrist and fingers. (Can't take any more painkillers, I'm already on a fairly high dose). I wear my watch on the same wrist. Will the magnets affect the battery or workings of the watch? I think I'd feel all back to front if I tried wearing the watch on my other arm.

[carlton23]

I wear one on my watch wrist to no ill affect.

[RATTER15]

Magnetic bracelets have been proven time and time again to be an old wives tale.

[society]

Ratters might be right. I use magnetic inner shoe soles and they don't work one lil bit.

[RATTER15]

Society, does it get hard to walk when your feet keep getting stuck to every manhole cover?

[society]

Very funny Ratters. lol

Actually they aren't uncomfortable or painful in any way. It's just that I've seen no difference from before I'd started wearing them. And feet don't get stuck to any thing metal.

[tearinghair]

Many thanks. I'm not really expecting any positive results, but I don't see that it can do any harm - other than possibly to my watch battery, and you have reassured me that will be OK. I'll give it a try for a couple of days.

[RATTER15]

A couple of days!! that's real commitment lol.

but no, it wont do you any harm.

[masma]

Tearinghair - you need to keep it on for at least a month. I had tennis elbow and my megnetic bracelet really seemed to help. My daughter has RSI and swears by hers too. We both wear ours on the other wrist to our watches though.

[wildwood]

They do work, but the effectiveness varies from person to person. Most get an undetectable minuscule benefit from them, others are more sensitive and believe they can feel an improvement, no matter how small.
To get a good benefit from a magnetic force you need to wear one the size of a locomotive on your wrist.

[tearinghair]

Thanks again. I'll keep trying then.

[thugulike]

Mr thug and I both wear Magnetic Therapy bracelets and we wouldn't be without them. For me there was immediate and undeniable benefit. He has recently sufered from a bad back only to find the magnet has been lost from his bracelet. He switched to a spare and his back has improved dramatically. Why not wear the bracelet on the other arm? Beware of cheap imitations which are not strong enough to have any effect.

[gingejbee]

Ah, the power of the human mind, Seriously, I think that you HAVE to believe that they will work for there to be any noticeable effect.

[annie0000]

My brother in law swears that switching to butter from marg helped his joints, but that may be in his imagination.

[gingejbee]

Is that consuming it or rubbing it on??

[Wak]

And if the bracelets don't work then you could always Google for "Apple Cider Vinegar" (available as liquid or tablets) which many people take for Arthritis.

[annie0000]

consuming ginge - might just be that he prefers butter on his toast! I think he said that the natural oils in butter helped rather than the synthetic stuff that his marg was made from.

[tearinghair]

I was wearing it this morning and discovered that my watch had stopped (and I had a new battery only a few weeks ago). Took off the bracelet and the watch started again.