I have a magnet thread here:
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/sh...ghlight=magnet
I've used magnets for over a decade. They have to be applied to an area over a nerve path, like the Lidoderm patches.
I finally made 2 pads from knitting needle sleeves...each has 3 very strong neodymium magnets, in a row, stitched in a way so they cannot attract each other. 1" x 1/8" I put in a stiff but flexible plastic strip so they don't fold up (the stuff you get from UPS that holds boxes together. I lay on them mostly at night and use them on my neck.
There are plastic coated ones currently on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008B80IR8/...I29EWZ0JL4IRWC
There are two poles and most magnets are not marked. So you have to experiment to find which pole works best for you. One pole will stimulate the nerve...you'll feel it .
The other pole calms the nerve and the pain will stop.
I use anatomical diagrams I find on Google to find the nerve paths so I can place them where I need them.
You cannot use them if you have any implanted device like a cardiac pacemaker or SCS spinal stimulator.
These plastic coated ones are a good start, you can tape them down with surgical tape. They are so strong you don't need them more than 20 min to a half hour, usually.
Keep them away from your phones, computer and car dashboard just in case they cause problems there.
These magnets are very strong, and can pinch your fingers if you don't handle them carefully. Keep away from children and pets who might swallow them. They are not toys and much stronger than you have probably ever seen!
If you don't think you can manage them, then they are not for you.
For people with global burning all over, I don't think they will work. But if you have back pain, or knee or ankle pain, they work very well. I've been using them this summer on my upper back and collar bones which have been flaring with arthritis (or my lupus).
Some of the links on that old thread may be expired. If you find one please let me know. I don't offer the magnets often because people laugh and don't believe they could work. But they do....if you use them correctly, use only the very strong ones, and handle them carefully.
In your particular case, I don't know if the magnets would interfere with yours spinal cyst. So think about it carefully before you try them. A doctor would not have much or any experience with them to ask. But I discovered my podiatrist uses them, when I broke my big toe with a boulder that rolled onto it... I went in there for X-rays and he saw a small one taped on my toe and was surprised! LOL