Copper Bracelet Benefits: Fact or Fiction? Search Advertisement Advertisement February 28, 2025 / Health Conditions / Orthopaedics Copper Bracelets: Are There Real Benefits? Research doesn’t show any benefits to wearing copper bracelets — but your experience may vary Image content: This image is available to view online. View image online ( https://assets.clevelandclinic.org/transform/f20c11d0-bfdf-4ccf-9884-cf241b668058/copper-bracelets-arm-640354942 ) An arm with two copper bracelets on If you’re looking for a solution to arthritis pain , there’s good reason to look for relief. It can be frustrating and tiring to live with the stiffness and swelling that can make even holding your morning cup of coffee a chore. Advertisement Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center. Advertising on our site helps support our mission. We do not endorse non-Cleveland Clinic products or services. Policy So, when you read or hear about the supposed benefits of copper bracelets and their effects on people living with arthritis (and a host of other woes), you want to believe it. But is it for real? Can wearing a copper bracelet really make that big of a difference? We talked with wellness and preventive medicine specialist Robert Saper, MD, MPH , about the claims made about the benefits of copper bracelets. Does copper have healing properties? Copper helps your body make red blood cells, support brain function and keep your bones healthy, among other benefits. So, you could say that, in a way, yes, copper is healing. It’s an essential trace mineral that we all need in our diets. “ Essential means our bodies need it in order to function properly,” Dr. Saper explains. “ Trace means that we only need it in very small amounts.” But that’s all based on copper as a nutrient in the foods we eat. When you consider the potential for copper jewelry to have healing properties ... it’s a different story. “The theory behind copper bracelets is that by wearing the metal, your body will