Medical magnets for pain management? Really?
Pain management is a very complex medical skill. Pain itself is designed to be the perception in the brain created by the transduction of an electrochemical signal from the point of affliction through the peripheral and central nervous system. As evidence of the individuality of pain perception is noted that the gold standard for pain management is morphine. Morphine itself has a 43% placebo effect, which is to say that if a saline solution was injected into the body instead of morphing, then 43% of the time the perception of pain would abate. The history of pain management includes its conduct by anesthesiologists and neurosurgeons, who typically prescribed drugs, including narcotics for pain management, and to operate to overcome the neurology of pain at the point of origin.
To date, the principal use of magnets has been in imaging, where the diagnosis of disease is substantially enhanced by the internal image generated by an MRI. There’s no question that the use of electromagnetic fields and static magnetic fields for therapeutic purposes is still in the infancy. The use of magnetic fields and medicine requires the comprehension of both neuroanatomy and physical chemistry. The perception of pain is the result of the transduction of pain signals from the point of affliction through the peripheral and central nervous systems of the brain. Magnetic therapy interrupts this transduction process by altering the charge at the neuron level so as to blockade action potential firings and negate overweight receptor sites.
Because of the peculiarities of pain, i.e., the variance of the perception of pain among individuals, the treatment of pain is very complex. The QuadraBloc technology intended to make this simple to the point of being low-cost, noninvasive, self applied, easy-to-use, and not habit forming,
QuadraBloc is unique. It is comprised of four, rare earth magnets arranged in alternating polarity in a very specific geometry, housed in a plastic case with a focus ring, which deflects 50% of the strength of these alternating magnetic fields towards the body. By placing the QuadraBloc directly over the point of affliction the individual and/or the healthcare professional can circumvent all of the problems associated with oral pharmacological treatments such as addiction, and the unintended side effects of G.I. bleeding etc. in contrasting the application of QuadraBlocs with invasive electrical apparatus, QuadraBlocs are applied topically and may be removed at any point without harmful side effects. T. The devices can be reused over and over again at the volition of the patient. QuadraBlocs are so low-cost that their use compares favorably with the sustained use of Tylenol and Advil.
