RLS & Magnetic pads

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>From: nick@... (Nick Bulka)

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>Subject: RLS & Magnetic pads

>Date: Wed, 25 Mar 1998 21:47:22 GMT

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> I was interested to read your experiences with the magnetic mattress

>pad. I have used biomagnetics with mixed success. In fact, as I write this,

>I'm sitting on a Nikken chair pad. I'm not sure what brand the mattress pad

>is, but it's not Nikken or Magnetico. Maybe mine is one of those with

>positive magnets.

> Unlike you, it has not helped my RLS. It has given me relief from

>other aches and pains, though, and it has helped with my wife's arthritis,

>so I can attest that biomagnetism does work (at least at some times for some

>people).

> You said your pad is under the mattress? Ours is on top.

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>-nick

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>> The thing that has made the greatest difference for me in the last 4 months

>>is a magnetic pad that fits under the mattress made by Magnetico out of

>>Canada. Their # is 1 . My RLS is consistently eased after

only

>>a few minutes of lying on it. I can fall asleep peacefully every night

and I

>>sleep though the night if I have been careful with the other things

mentioned

>>above. I would say that the severity of my RLS has been reduced by at least

>>75% and I feel that I have been given a gift of healing.

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>> I had tried another mattress pad made by Nikken, and it seemed to help

for a

>>while, then stopped being effective. What I found out from Magnetico is

this:

>>Their mattress pads contain purely negative field magnets. Nikken's had

both

>>positive & negative magnets in their mattresses. I've since heard that

Nikken

>>changed to purely negative magnets after people reported that their pads

>>stopped working. However, Nikken's negative magnetic fields are not as

>>powerful as Magnetico's because they don't use as many magnets.

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