Do-It-Yourself Magnetic
Therapy
Understanding & Building Your Own Magnetic Therapy Devices Fast, Cheap & Easy
By Richard Tamir
Copyright Richard Tamir 2006, 2015
Contents
Introduction
I am an informal scientific thinker I look for proof, and dont generally follow trends. What that means is that I investigate new ideas with an open mind, but trust only my own experience when faced with new concepts. There are a lot of accepted ideas I dont believe, and a number of unusual ideas that I have experienced and believe in. That is the reason for writing this book.
A few years ago, I had an unusual experience: without any pre-conceived expectations, I tried using a magnet to help a painful condition in my hand. (The full description is in Chapter 1.) To my amazement, it worked. And not only did it work, the results were faster and better than typical medical treatments. The magnets were given to me by a consulting client, an engineering firm, with no suggestion of health treatment. They were simply examples of the powerful new neodymium super-magnets, and were astonishingly powerful. These magnets have only been available since the 1990s, thanks to new manufacturing processes. My first health experiment occurred in 2002, and I have been experimenting with neodymium magnets ever since.
I have seen some amazing results, both in me and in others. I have also observed some conditions that did not improve but no health conditions that have worsened. I dont pretend to be a doctor, a physicist or a scientific researcher. But I do have an inquisitive and logical mind, like many people, and believe that anyone has the right to investigate new ideas for themselves and tell others about it.
This book is my report to you on my investigations, including:
the experiments that were done;
the specific results for each;
experimental controls that made the experiment believable and repeatable;
how each magnetic device was made, and where I purchased the necessary materials; and
finally, how you can do the same experiment yourselves at low cost?
As a former high-tech product manager / consultant / attorney, my training was to keep all technology details secret thats how to protect a product. But neodymium magnets are not a secret anymore, and simply putting them on a painful muscle, either with tape or a small pad, is not protected by patent or trademark. And theres no reason you cant put these magnets on an elastic knee bandage yourself at a cost of $15, instead of paying up to $130 for an identical manufactured product from the Internet.
So this book will follow a different principle: full information disclosure. What does this mean for you, the reader? Simply that you will have all the data needed to build your own magnetic therapy devices cheap, fast and effective. For most of these designs, you can save 75% or more of the price of devices sold on the internet.
Now, for the first time, you have a book that tells all about magnetic therapy what to do, where to buy materials, how much to pay, etc. From my perspective, its the best way to bring magnetic therapy to the largest number of people. And with the detail provided from my own past experiments, you can try them out for yourself.
Magnetic therapy is real and is highly effective. It doesnt depend on belief its a physical phenomenon, as yet unexplained by medical science, that has brought relief to millions of people. Try it out yourself, using the low-cost designs provided here. You may find that your life has a lot less pain in it from aging, muscular strains, over-exertion or other everyday occurrences.
A NOTE ABOUT MAGNETIC HEALTH PRODUCTS ON THE INTERNET:
There are many companies on the Internet selling magnetic bracelets, knee braces and other devices.
- Devices: this is a poor word to use, but probably the best available. What do we mean by a device? Its not a machine, at least not in this book. Usually, it will be an elastic bandage that fits around the arm, leg, knee, etc. with magnets attached to it. Thats the kind of device were talking about.
In most cases, the Internet magnetic health devices are highly overpriced. Once company, for example, offer a magnetic knee brace with standard-strength magnets for
$39.95 but with neodymium super-magnets added, the price went to $131.50 (2005 prices). How much does one of these super-magnets cost? At most, the retail price is about $1.00; in quantities of 5,000 10,000 magnets, the price is about $0.15 each fifteen cents! Thats a 1600% markup (or 100,000% at manufacturer volume quantities) to the Internet customer for each neodymium magnet.
- NOTE: The neodymium super-magnets discussed here have a force of 12,500 Gauss (see Chapter for definition), and are the same model described as high- energy, research-grade magnets at one Internet website for their top-of-the-line magnetic health products.
To see the variety of products available, as well as the prices charges, please refer to the table at the end of this Introduction. Many, if not most, of the products that are listed in that table can be made at home at low cost and with little effort, using standard materials from local drugstores or athletic stores, plus magnets purchased from an online supplier.
In Appendix A, youll see where to buy your own super-magnets and other magnetic materials, to build your own super-magnet knee brace at very low cost. (My cost was under $25.00.) If you want to see the large variety of designs on the market, Appendix C provides websites of companies selling magnetic health devices online. Most of these you can duplicate at much lower cost, using standard athletic braces (elastic bandages for knee, elbow, leg, etc.) from the drugstore.
- Note: Prices in this book for magnetic materials will be retail prices. Lower prices are possible, but manufacturing quantities of 5,000+ magnets are not realistic for most readers. Besides, youll have to go to China to find them.
I make no medical recommendations here. What you will read is the truth of what I experienced, and how you can make the same experiments yourself. All the experiences reported are true, and to that I will swear in any court. The opinions you will read are my own (unless specifically attributed to another source), developed through 5 years of experimentation.
Please enjoy this book, and continue experimenting on your own. If you find that one of these designs helps improve your health, use it with our blessing. If you want to tell us about your own experiences, an email to would be great.
HANDLING SUPER-MAGNETS
If you havent handled super-magnets before, please read this section before you do. These magnets are very strong, and can sometimes catch you by surprise .
Super-magnets will tend to jump up to attach themselves to other magnets. If the fingers of an elderly or very young person are in the way, they could be pinched painfully. Therefore, try to keep magnets separated from each other.
It is nearly impossible to pull these magnets apart, especially in the 12,500 Gauss model. The solution is to slide them apart, moving the top magnet sideways until it protrudes over the next one and then it can be pried up by the edge with a little strength and good grip.
To enable the above sliding motion, super-magnets should be kept clean so that their surface has low friction. Even colored stick-on paper dots can increase this friction. Therefore, if your hand strength is not very high, I suggest tagging only a few super-magnets with colored dots and use these as a reference to determine the polarity of other magnets. How to do this? Simply pass the magnet you are working with over the color-coded magnet if the magnets attract, the magnet faces have the same polarity. This will tell you which side should be placed touching the skin, or away from the body. If the magnets repel each other, then flip the magnet you are working with onto the other side.
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