Phiten necklace

[Conquistador]

As I sit here typing this, I have substantial pain in my neck, shoulders, and upper back. This has been pretty much the case since my teens due to the abuse I have put my body though playing different sports, not to mention riding. I wander if anyone here has tried one of these? I'm thinking about it...

http:// www.extremeskins.com/showthread.php?t=280417

[snowxr]

I'm a skeptic, so I say " believe it when I see it" It might work, but see little way for a metal that does not lose any of it's metallurgical makeup can have any affect on your body. Now there are some metals, like poor quality jewelry that can turn your skin colors. If your body happens to react in a positive way to titanium, I see no reason to stop wearing it. If it really effects your body, I would think that there would be a supplement available in tablet form.
Though this sounds like a miracle for some, I would be worried about introducing metals into your body. Some people's bodies and brains especially don't process metals well, and this can lead to prolems as well. Some researchers have claimed a link between high metals and autism. How true this is I don't know, but a holistic doctor would be a good person to ask about this.

[Cannibal]

I'm totally skeptical of things like this. I have some friend of the family that just dropped some major coin for a medallion necklace that they all swear makes them feel better and their joint work better. Ehh, take it or leave it I guess. Sometimes the power of the mind can do wonders for your body.

On the other hand, have you tried a chiropractor? I believe you go to the doctor for illness and go to the chiropractor for pain. Sure, some suck using machines to do the diagnosis and adjustments, but the good ones will find your problem and manually adjust where the problem is (and it's not always where the symptom is).

EDIT - I didn't realize this was a month an a half old.

[ColeW]

i have one and i wear it daily. i have extremely bad jumpers knee from football and it has helped with the pain of that. when i am in practice there is no change but when just walking around it doesnt bother me as bad

[snowxr]

Anyone else tried this long term yet?

[SuperJETT]

http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/10/study-wrist-magnets-copper-bracelets-useless-for-relieving-pain.html

Study: Wrist magnets, copper bracelets useless for relieving pain

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New research indicates that copper bracelets and magnetic wrist straps are ineffective in relieving arthritis pain.

The study, (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WCS-4X3MR5C-1&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=9e223ccbee8abd610af615b5cf993a60) which appears in the British journal Complementary Therapies in Medicine, finds that reported therapeutic benefits from such items "are most likely attributable to non-specific placebo effects."

Stewart Richmond, a research fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York, led the study and explains the findings on the university's website (http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2009/therapy-doubt/).

"People tend to buy them when they are in a lot of pain, then when the pain eases off over time they attribute this to the device," he says. "However, our findings suggest that such devices have no real advantage over placebo wrist straps that are not magnetic and do not contain copper."

The study does show that the devices have "no major adverse effects and may provide hope" for pain sufferers.

Richmond says, however, that arthritis sufferers should be "especially cautious about spending large sums of money on magnet therapy."

"Magnets removed from disused speakers are much cheaper," he says, "but you would first have to believe that they could work.”