Magnetic field therapy is
ideally suited for the treatment of many physical
conditions and health maintenance. This modality is of
great value because the person may continue treatment on
her/his own over a long period of time if necessary. This
decreases dependence on the practitioner, which is very
important for ongoing self-care. Pulsed electromagnetic
field therapy can be used as the sole treatment in many
cases but is often even better with other accepted
modalities. Magnetic fields penetrate the body as if it
was air. They are noninvasive and nontoxic, which makes
them ideal for the gentle and gradual body rebalancing and
healing. Magnetic fields work individually on the natural
healing systems of the body but also work through the
acupuncture systems. A whole body treatment with magnetic
fields can be as strong as acupuncture in many cases.
Treatment of the whole person requires an understanding of
the underlying causes of the individual's difficulty.
Magnetic fields, like other therapies, can help to
rebalance the individual but full recovery is unlikely
unless the cause of the problem is also managed.
What is a typical treatment like for your patients?
It is very difficult to say that there is a typical
treatment. Every individual and problem is unique.
Magnetic field treatments can be done with either
permanent magnets or pulsating electromagnetic fields. I
started out with the use of permanent magnets only. As I
have learned more about pulsed magnetic fields, and
started having access to these systems, I have begun
combining them into a treatment program. They are combined
since pulsed magnetic fields act more gently on the body
and can frequently accelerate treatment faster. There are
strong electromagnetic fields that are only used in the
doctor's office, usually at the start of a course of care.
Then, pulsed electromagnetic treatment systems can be
purchased for self-managed home use. Treatments usually
take between 8 to 30 minutes, once to three times per day.
Pulsed magnetic fields may often be the only treatment
required. Occasionally, permanent magnets may be used
between therapeutic sessions, especially for orthopedic,
musculoskeletal and soft tissue problems. If a rapid
response is required, permanent and pulsed fields are
combined. If the circumstance requires a more gentle
approach, pulsed fields are usually the first to be used,
the response is reviewed and if necessary static/permanent
magnets are added. For acute problems magnetic therapy
treatments could last from several weeks to months. For
chronic problems normally long periods of time are
required. A proper treatment course frequently combines
nutritional supplements, possibly medications and other
physical therapies.
How can magnetic fields help to maintain health and
wellness?
Magnetic fields can also be used for lifetime health
maintenance. Since stress is a continuous challenge in
North American life, lifetime health maintenance with the
daily use of gentle pulsed magnetic fields is now our
reality and a major stress reducer. The primary actions of
magnetic fields are to reduce muscle contraction. This
means that the muscles of the back and shoulders can be
relaxed at the end of every day. This is not to allow
stress to gradually accumulate its damage in the body.
Whenever there is muscular tension the blood supply to the
tissues involved is diminished. This is a primary cause of
fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. Pulsed electromagnetic
fields, using a whole body treatment mattress, can
simulate the oxygen improving benefits of exercise.
Therefore, magnetic fields can be a major anti-aging
preventive care system. In addition, research is showing
that magnetic fields have strong actions on bone,
particularly in the treatment and prevention of
osteoporosis. Many studies have also shown a benefit in
treating arthritis, which almost everyone will get with
age. One study has even shown that magnetic field
treatment may reduce the development of arthritis in the
first place. While individuals may use magnetic fields
without consultation with a magnetic therapy expert, the
best response and most specific individually tailored
treatments would be obtained with this kind of
consultation.
For what application(s) is the modality of magnetic
field therapy best suited?
Because magnetic fields act on many specific physical
processes, they can be used in almost any kind of illness,
either as a prevention or treatment. The primary actions
of magnetic fields include: muscle relaxation, increased
circulation, pain reduction, reduced nerve irritability,
enhanced tissue and bone healing, reduction in swelling,
bruising and inflammation, decreased clotting, improvement
in scars, enhancement of acupuncture and rebalancing of
the sympathetic/parasympathetic system. The nervous system
is particularly sensitive to magnetic fields.
Like acupuncture, magnetic fields appear to act in a
more obvious fashion when obvious imbalances exist, such
as pain, scars, injuries, etc. In the presence of chronic
health problems, sleep disturbance and mood disorder are
common. Once therapy begins these problems are often the
first to respond. Even if therapy is stopped during the
course of care, healing often continues for some time
after. Health problems from deficiencies, such as low
thyroid, in hypothyroidism, low insulin in pancreatic
dysfunction, anemia from lack of iron, will not be cured
by magnetic fields. Only the missing substances can
properly treat the problem. Magnetic fields cannot be used
as a sole therapy for cancer. Often however they can be
used to supplement traditional cancer therapies, such as
chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery. The use of
medications is usually enhanced with magnetic fields. This
means that magnetic fields do not interfere with most
medical therapies and in fact appear to enhance them.
Magnetic therapy has saved numerous people from needing
surgery, in selected circumstances.
Dr. Pawluk's philosophical statement.
Humans are souls with bodies -- not bodies with souls.
Our legacy prior to and after this physical existence is
much grander than can be imagined. True health only comes
when the soul is balanced. Health does not equal
happiness. Happiness does produce health. Newtonian
physics is a physics of direct cause and effect, in a
perceived "material" particle-based, molecular world.
Newtonian physics clashes with quantum physics only for
those who can't imagine a grander picture. Many
complementary and integrative therapies are more quantum
than Newtonian. The difference is like plowing fields by
hand or using a large diesel tractor. Another example is
like walking from Washington to New York vs. taking the
Concorde. Surgery, which sometimes can be lifesaving, is
savagery, whereas self-healing with imagery is elegant -
Newtonian vs. Quantum. Both systems have their place.
Neither one can discount the other. It takes wisdom, from
both the individual seeking care and the practitioner, to
know the difference. Complementary practitioners, like
medical physicians, who know only one art may be very
skilled at their art but can't speak from experience about
others they don't use. The more disciplines, from very
different orientations that a practitioner knows, the less
tunnel vision there is and the more likely the treatment
selected will be appropriate to the problem being treated.
Square pegs won't get put in round holes by mistaken
faith.
Magnetic fields can be as strong as surgery or as
gentle as quantum fields. Ultimately, the soul and the
body are electromagnetic. All magnetic fields interact.
When the body (or the soul) is out of balance, the
electromagnetic fields of the body (or soul) are out of
balance. Magnetic field therapies can help to restore some
or all of these imbalances. Before the body gets out of
serious imbalance, unless there is a sudden trauma, it
must go through progressive stages of imbalance, from
energetic imbalance through physiologic imbalance to a
pathophysiologic stage and then to a pathologic stage.
This latter is organ or tissue death. Magnetic fields work
best in the earlier stages of imbalances. With severe
imbalances more drastic measures are usually required,
such as surgery, chemotherapy, etc. Magnetic fields would
be least obvious in their benefit in these latter stages
but could still be very helpful in a complementary
fashion.
Therefore, magnetic fields can be used across the
spectrum of health states. Because of this, they can be
dramatically helpful in preventing energetic imbalances
from the day-to-day stresses caused by modern life. These
cumulative stresses, often so small as to be unnoticeable,
gradually accumulate and like grains of sand over time,
can create a desert. Magnetic fields blow away the
accumulating grains before there are too many.
The body/soul has its own wisdom and can rebalance
itself if left alone and not overwhelmed. Inappropriate
and unthoughtful use of magnetic fields can create
imbalance, by not allowing the body to modulate itself
homeostatically. This can be done by not selecting fields
appropriate to the circumstance or overusing fields the
body does not need. This is one of the reasons magnetic
fields are not recommended for use with implanted
electronic devices, such as pacemakers or defibrillators.
Even the MRI, an extremely powerful magnetic field, has
been found to do no harm if used appropriately.
In conclusion, individuals can
become proactive in managing stress, doing long-term
health maintenance and slowing the aging process with
simple daily use of magnetic fields. Static magnets are
already widely used. Now the introduction of European
pulsed electromagnetic home systems are becoming available
to the consumer. Europe that most of the worldwide
research originates. Families have a new opportunity to
manage their health from home.
