Magnetic Therapy

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has in playing a role in the healing process:
"The spirit of the master, the imagination is the instrument, the body is the plastic material. The moral atmosphere surrounding the patient can have a strong influence on the course of the disease. It is not a curse or a blessing that works, but the idea. The imagination produces the effect" (Livingston, p. 25).
This role imagination plays, known as the placebo effect, is a true thorn in the side of as a practice. And this is where the debate lies: between true physiological efficacy and the placebo effect. The question that should be posed to manufacturers, advertisers, and customers of magnetic products is whether or not is truly effective. could indeed be a useful rehabilitation technique but is still only a theory due to a lack of experimental evidence (Borsa, p. 150; Livingston p. 26; Vallbona et al. p. 1204). This is often overlooked however. The use of testimonials in the marketing and advertising for these magnets ...

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