Bongers Massage Tool - Assorted colors

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Bongers can also act as a wonderful proprioception tool while strengthening your wrists, arms, and shoulders. You can hold the Bongers straight up vertically and wobble the ball left to right while holding your arm rigid to exercise your shoulders. You can also wobble the ball toward you and away from you to exercise your triceps and arms. If you stare at the ball while wobbling the ball or massaging it helps train your brain to pinpoint where your hand is located in space; thus improving proprioception. This helps with hand-eye coordination and is extremely useful during recovery from stroke, Muscular Dystrophy, dementia, or Parkinson’s. Our massage tools have been used throughout the world by luxury spas, professional masseuses, accupressure specialists, and chiropractors. But you can experience the same relief right at home time and time again! Liu, X. et al. Tree species richness increases ecosystem carbon storage in subtropical forests. Proc. R. Soc. B 285, 20181240 (2018).

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Always be sure to ask whoever is receiving the Bongers massage if they would like you to bong them softer or harder. Never Bong sensitive areas such as the kidneys. Place your thumb on the edge of the wooden collar. Your thumb should be vertical and perpendicular to the metal shaft. (See pictures below) Zhang, Y., Chen, H. Y. H. & Reich, P. B. Forest productivity increases with evenness, species richness and trait variation: a global meta-analysis. J. Ecol. 100, 742–749 (2012). Try coating the balls with aromatic scents and massage oils when massaging bare skin. Just remember to wipe off the Bonger after use! Brzeski M W 1996 Changes of the nematode fauna in the successive age classes of a Scots pine forest. Fragmenta Faunistica (1995) 38, 339-345.

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These excellent massage tools are perfect for everyone who loves a great massage! Learning to use them only takes a few seconds and even children can become experts in minutes! Chen, Y. et al. Directed species loss reduces community productivity in a subtropical forest biodiversity experiment. Nat. Ecol. Evol. 4, 550–559 (2020). Grossman, J. J., Cavender-Bares, J., Hobbie, S. E., Reich, P. B. & Montgomery, R. A. Species richness and traits predict overyielding in stem growth in an early-successional tree diversity experiment. Ecology 98, 2601–2614 (2017). Reich, P. B. et al. Impacts of biodiversity loss escalate through time as redundancy fades. Science 336, 589–592 (2012).Nombela G, Navas A and Bello A 1998 Effects of crop rotations of cereals with vetch and fallow on soil nematodefauna in central Spain. Nematologica 44, 63-80. Roscher, C. et al. Using plant functional traits to explain diversity–productivity relationships. PLoS ONE 7, e36760 (2012).