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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. Van de Peer, T., Verheyen, K., Ponette, Q., Setiawan, N. N. & Muys, B. Overyielding in young tree plantations is driven by local complementarity and selection effects related to shade tolerance. J. Ecol. 106, 1096–1105 (2018). Jones F W G 1980 Some aspects of the epidemiology of plant parasitic nematodes. In Comparative epidemiology, a tool for betterdisease management Ed. J Palti and J Kranz. pp 71-92. Pudoc, Wageningen. Alphei, J 1998 Differences in soil nematode community structure of beech forests: Comparison between a mull and a moder soil. Appl. Soil Ecol. 9, 9-15.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). Messier, C. et al. For the sake of resilience and multifunctionality, let’s diversify planted forests! Conserv. Lett. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12829 (2021).

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