Introduction to Magnetic Field Therapy

Magnetic energy is as important for our life as air to breathe. The earth's magnetic field makes life on our planet possible. It protects the earth's surface from the charged particles of the solar wind. If the earth's magnetic field were to be "turned off", human, animal and plant life would be destroyed within a short period of time.

As magnetic fields are omnipresent on our planet, our bodies have adapted themselves completely to these fields. Many of the body's processes are controlled by magnetic fields. The magnetic fields support the transportation of substances in our cells and contribute enormously to metabolic regulation. The importance of magnetic fields for our bodily functions, therefore, cannot be overestimated.

The positive effects of the earth's magnetic field on our metabolism can be impeded by our modern lifestyles with their stress and lack of exercise as well as by environmental stress. The body's natural ability to regulate itself is reduced and the susceptibility for diseases increases.

However, under the influence of external magnetic fields which ideally mimic the natural magnetic balance in the human body (such as the magnetic field systems from Medithera) the body's own regulation and regeneration mechanisms can be optimally supported. *

Milestones of Therapeutic Magnetic Field Therapy

The use of magnetic fields has a long tradition in medicine. In the ancient world, natural static magnets were used to treat illnesses. Paracelsus, the great doctor and philosopher of the 16th Century is considered the founder of modern magnetic field therapy. In 1600 the English doctor and nature philosopher William Gilbert published the first scientific document on magnetism and the human body. The use of magnetic fields achieved its first scientific climax.

Further use of therapeutic magnetic field therapy was unstoppable:

• In the 18th Century the Italian anatomy professor Luigi Galvani discovered the connection between electricity and bodily functions and in the 19th Century the English physicist Michael Faraday described the process of electromagnetic induction.
• At the end of the 19th Century, scientists managed to produce magnetic fields artificially by allowing electrical current to pass through rings or coils - a principle which is used today in a more sophisticated form in modern magnetic field therapy.
• From the 1960's the first pulsating magnetic fields were developed which were constantly improved during the following decades for medical applications. The various systems offered by different manufacturers differ greatly with regards to the magnetic flux density, frequencies and the type of signal (Sinus, Multisinus, rectangle or sawtooth.
• In 2007 Medithera marketed its impulse-triggered magnetic field system with the innovative Medithera Signal. It is the first magnetic field which is based on the natural balance in the human body and which can be precisely dosed.
  
  

* In order to meet legal requirements, please note the following:
the effectivity of magnetic field therapy is disputed by scientists and is not recognised by orthodox medicine.