Magnetic mattress covers

Magnetic mattress covers, often called magnetic toppers, use magnetic therapy to relieve pain, soreness and fatigue. They help relax the body and thereby improve the quality of sleep.

At least these are the claims that are made of them.
The concept behind magnetic mattress toppers
The magnetic therapy works by taking a quilted material that is embedded with small magnets. A single bed may use a topper with as many as 200, or even 400, small magnets in it.

Each of these magnets are powerful enough to create a small magnetic field, but small enough to go unnoticed by the person resting on them. They are stitched into the body of the quilted topper or mattress protector.

The magnets polarise together to create a catchment area above the beds sleeping surface and this in turn enables the magnetic therapy to go to work on the person sleeping within this magnetic field.

Do they work?

Although these magnetic toppers have no hard and fast evidence to support their pain relieving effectiveness, some initial support has been given to their “possible” benefits by a number of experts in the field.

There are also an increasing number of people who use these products and who claim to have received pain relieving benefits from them.