Do you have trouble with places that are sore or tight in your shoulders and/or upper back? In massage we call them knots or trigger points. If you go to see a massage therapist about this it will probably hurt because we are taught to press on them and hold until the intensity decreases. It is also hard on the therapist’s thumbs. It is no fun for either the client or the therapist.
There is a better way. Magnets do wonders for releasing trigger points and there are two magnetic tools that I use when dealing with them.
First are MagBoys. These are small magnetic balls in a holder that I use to roll rapidly over the trigger point for a few minutes. Unlike Trigger Point Therapy, it doesn’t hurt. Actually, it feels really good and the trigger point melts away.
Second are Power Patches. PowerPatches are small magnetic buttons stuck to a self-adhesive disk that can be placed directly over the trigger point. It takes longer to relieve the trigger point, but if you put the patch on before going to bed then the discomfort will probably be gone by morning.
I love using magnets when doing massage and taking care of aches and pains. I find that clients tense up if they feel pain, like in the usual way of dealing with muscle knots, so magnets work much better because there is no additional pain and they promote relaxation.
Wayne Woodworth
Magnetic Massage Therapist
Have you heard that the benefits that people get from magnets is just the placebo effect?
placebo – a substance containing no medication and prescribed or given to reinforce a patient’s expectation to get well.
placebo effect – a reaction to a placebo manifested by a lessening of symptoms or the production of anticipated side effects.
I recently saw an episode of the old TV show M.A.S.H. where the doctors didn’t have any morphine to give their patients for their pain after surgery. They decided to make sugar pills to give the patients and hope that the placebo effect would get them through until a new shipment of morphine arrived. The mind can do amazing things if we let it, or cause it to think it should.
When talking about magnets I sometimes hear that they don’t really do anything. Any supposed benefit is just the placebo effect. If I have a headache what do I care if the “lessening of symptoms” is because of a placebo effect or because of drugs masking the pain? I just want the headache gone. The thing with the magnet, placebo or otherwise, is that there aren’t any side-effects either.
So, the next time you use your magnetic patches or magnetic insoles to take care of a problem and someone tells you that it is a placebo, just say “So what!”.
Wayne Woodworth
Magnets are a placebo? The pain is still gone.
Would you like to avoid painful swelling after having your wisdom teeth removed? Use magnets.
Lisa from Alpharetta, GA is a Nikken magnet user. When her daughter had her wisdom teeth removed Lisa decided to see if the magnets would help with the swelling. She placed a magnetic patch on one cheek and not on the other so that she could see if there was a difference. The next morning she had her daughter stand before a mirror so that she could see the difference for herself. The cheek with the magnet had no where near as much swelling as the cheek that didn’t. And even better, they never filled the prescription for the pain medication either.
Wayne Woodworth
Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant
Nikken magnet user
Disclaimer: I am an Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant and massage therapist. None of my statements have been approved by either Nikken or the FDA. I do not diagnose conditions and I do not prescribe any product to treat a particular condition. Lisa’s daughters results with the Nikken magnets are not a guarantee that you will have the same results. Give it a try and see for yourself.
Have you used magnetic insoles, magnetic jewelry, or any other magnetic products?
Most of the people I have talked to use them to take care of a particular condition, which I think is great. As a massage therapist, I recommend Nikken magnetic products to my clients to help with sore muscles and to promote relaxation. Did you know that they can be a great preventative too?
The Earth’s magnetic field is not uniform. It varies from one place to another so that one place can have a positive magnetic field and others, not even too far way, can have a negative field or a neutral field. The earth’s magnetic field shifts constantly as well. NASA has reported that the magnetic north pole moves every year and reverses on average every 300,000 years.
Nikken’s magnetic products are static earth magnets that can help balance the magnetic field that you are immersed in every day. It is my belief that staying in this supportive magnetic field can help prevent a lot of the every day issues that we all face, things like fatigue, lack of energy, mild discomfort, and other similar issues.
Sleeping on a magnetic sleep system, like Nikken’s Ultra Kenko Pad or KenkoAir mattress, far-infrared comforter, and magnetic pillow will help balance your energy while you are sleeping and allow your body to make the best use of the few hours it has to energize and restore itself.
Wayne Woodworth
Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant
Magnetic Insole Wearer
Disclaimer: I am an Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant and massage therapist. None of my statements have been approved by either Nikken or the FDA. I do not diagnose conditions and I do not prescribe any product to treat a particular condition.
My first experience with Nikken was with the Ultra Kenko Pad. A massage therapist friend invited us to a Wellness Home Preview and we were allowed to borrow the magnetic mattress pad for a week to see what we thought of it. The short version of the story is that we ended up joining Nikken and highly recommend both the product and the business.
We put the magnetic pad on our bed and covered it over with the sheet and settled in for the night under the far-infrared comforter. Nobody told us to put our regular mattress pad over it too. I wish they had because my first thought was that I was lying on a rock. Firmness aside, I slept better than I had in years. With the combination of the magnets, far-infrared, and negative ions everything on the bed just felt right.
Since we joined, Nikken has introduced the Kenko Air mattress which is an air mattress, similar to those number beds, with the Ultra Kenko Pad on top of it. I tried one out once and it is very nice. You can control the firmness of each side of the bed independently. We don’t have one yet because our existing mattress is in great shape and there is no need to upgrade yet.
Wayne Woodworth
Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant
Magnetic sleeper
Disclaimer: I am an Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant and massage therapist. None of my statements have been approved by either Nikken or the FDA. I do not diagnose conditions and I do not prescribe any product to treat a particular condition. These are my opinions based on my experience with the Nikken sleep system.
magnetic insoles are probably the most obvious and well known of Nikken’s products. They are the first product that Nikken released when they were founded back in the mid 1970′s, so the insoles have been around for a long time. The magnetic insoles have been improved over the years and they still represent the core of what makes Nikken famous.
The first question people ask when talking about magnetic insoles is “do they work?”. The great thing about magnets is that it is easy to prove that they do. You put them in your shoes and either you feel something or you don’t. It’s that simple.
When demonstrating the insoles to people I usually do one of two things. To show people how magnets and magnetic insoles can make them stronger I use applied kinesiology, or muscle testing. Basically, I have them stand in front of me with one arm stretched out to the side at shoulder height and their hand balled into a fist. I push down on their wrist with two fingers and have them resist. Without the insoles under their feet most people are usually pretty weak. Then I have them stand on the insoles and repeat the procedure. Most people are amazed at how much stronger they are with the insoles.
The second demonstration is probably even more amazing. I have the person sit on the front edge of a chair with their feet flat on the floor and their arms together stretched out in front of them. This time I push up while they resist. In most cases their feet come up off the floor as they tip back in the chair. Then I put the insoles under their feet and repeat the process. This time their feet stay on the ground. To further prove that the insoles are the cause, I take one away and repeat it again. This time the foot with the insole stays on the ground and the foot without the insole comes up.
It is my belief, based on my experience, that the nikken magnetic insoles improve energy flow through the feet to keep you better energized and better grounded. Most people’s feet hurt at the end of the day if they have been on their feet all day. The magnetic insoles help that condition. I have heard from people who travel by plane that magnetic insoles, and other magnetic devices, help to prevent or ease the effects of jet lag. I have even heard from some diabetic people that the insoles, and other Nikken magnetic products, have allowed them to keep their toes when they have been faced with amputation. For their small cost they are at least worth trying.
Wayne Woodworth
Nikken Independent Wellness Consultant
Nikken Magnetic Insole User
Disclaimer: I am an Independent Nikken Wellness Consultant and massage therapist. I use the Nikken magnetic insoles myself and I don’t leave home without them. None of my statements have been approved by either Nikken or the FDA. I cannot diagnose conditions and I do not prescribe magnetic insoles or any other Nikken product to treat a particular condition. As I said before, these are only my opinions based on my experience and the experience of those I have talked to, who are in most cases other Nikken consultants whose lives have been significantly improved through the use of these products.
