This page is shorter than others in this section by design. Biomagnetic pair therapy has a coherent framework, a dedicated practitioner community, and a substantial body of patient accounts — but no peer-reviewed research specific to Lyme disease. I include it as a curiosity worth understanding, not as an approach with the same documentation as HBOT, bee venom, or SOT therapy.
Biomagnetic pair therapy (also called biomagnetism or biomagnetic therapy) was developed in 1988 by Dr. Isaac Goiz Durán, a Mexican physician, building on earlier work by NASA medical director Dr. Richard Broeringmeyer. Dr. Broeringmeyer had observed that astronauts returning from space showed a consistent slight leg length discrepancy — attributed to changes in the body's magnetic field during spaceflight — and connected this to pH imbalances in body tissues.
Goiz expanded this into a complete therapeutic system: pairs of medium-strength magnets of opposite polarity placed on specific anatomical points to normalise pH, disrupt pathogen viability, and restore homeostasis.
How biomagnetic pair therapy claims to work
The central claim is that pathogens — bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites — can only survive within specific pH ranges in body tissues. Borrelia, for example, thrives in an acidic or alkaline environment at specific tissue locations. By placing opposite-polarity magnets (north and south pole) on paired anatomical points, the practitioner theoretically alters the local pH at those sites, creating an environment in which the targeted pathogen cannot survive. When both magnets are placed simultaneously, the body's own bioelectric properties mediate the pH shift between the two points.
The practitioner identifies which biomagnetic pairs need treatment through applied kinesiology, also called muscle testing. The patient lies on a treatment table; the practitioner places test magnets on various points and observes subtle changes in leg length (a diagnostic indicator in this framework) to determine which pathogenic "pairs" are active in the patient's body. The results guide which magnet placements are used in that session. This diagnostic method is deeply unconventional and not accepted by mainstream medicine — but it is central to how the therapy is administered.
Within the broader biomagnetism framework, a specific protocol has been developed for Lyme disease and its co-infections — the Lyme Magnetic Protocol, associated primarily with practitioners trained by Joan Randall in Vermont and the work of Dr. Luis Garcia. The LMP maps over 1,500 biomagnetic pairs addressing Borrelia, Babesia, Bartonella, Ehrlichia, and associated organisms, along with organ support and detoxification points. A full LMP session typically takes 90–120 minutes.
What a session looks like
The patient lies fully clothed on a treatment table. The practitioner uses muscle testing to identify which pathogenic pairs are present and at highest priority for treatment in that session. Pairs of magnets — typically 1,000–4,000 gauss — are placed on the identified points and left in position for 15–25 minutes while the patient rests. Sessions are typically spaced 8–14 days apart initially, widening to monthly as pathogenic load reduces. A course for chronic Lyme typically spans many months to over a year.
Patients often report feeling deeply relaxed during sessions, sometimes drowsy. A mild Herx-like reaction — fatigue, achiness — in the 2–3 days following treatment is reported frequently, particularly in early sessions, and is interpreted by practitioners as evidence of pathogen die-off and detox activity.
What we know — and what we don't
There are no randomised controlled trials, no published case series in peer-reviewed journals, and no independently verified outcome data for biomagnetic pair therapy in Lyme disease. The evidence base consists entirely of practitioner reports, patient testimonials, and the internal logic of the theoretical framework. This is the thinnest evidence base of any approach covered in this section.
Within the Lyme patient community — particularly in the United States, Canada, and Latin America — biomagnetic pair therapy has a substantial following. Patient accounts are consistent in describing gradual improvement over multiple sessions, with the most significant gains typically reported after 6–12 months of regular treatment. Some describe it as one piece of a broader recovery puzzle alongside herbs, antibiotics, and nutritional support. Whether any of this improvement would have occurred without the magnets is impossible to determine from these accounts.
It is non-invasive, painless, carries no meaningful risk, and is relatively affordable compared to HBOT or SOT. For patients who have exhausted or cannot access more evidence-backed approaches, and who are drawn to the energetic/pH-based framework, it represents a low-downside exploration. The worst likely outcome is that nothing happens. The accounts of people for whom it formed part of a turning point in their recovery are real, even if we cannot explain them.
Related approaches
Healing mentality checkpoint
The appeal of approaches like biomagnetism is partly that they offer an explanation — a framework in which your suffering makes sense and something concrete can be done about it. That psychological function is not nothing. But it is worth distinguishing between the comfort of a coherent narrative and evidence that the treatment is doing what the narrative says.
Read about healing mentality →Sources & further reading
- Goiz Durán I. — The Biomagnetic Pair (foundational text, Biomagnetic Research, 1988)
- Randall J. — Lyme Magnetic Protocol, Integrative Wellness, Vermont
- Natural Awakenings Greater Boston — Combating Lyme disease with biomagnetic therapy (2017)
- Lyme, Body and Soul — patient account of biomagnetism in Lyme recovery (2018)
Last updated: March 2026