Bongers - The Massage tools of choice for professionals
The Bonger hand massage tool is Simple in
Concept, Simple in Design, yet Amazing in effect.
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You can now provide your massage partner with one of the most effective
massage techniques easily and without stress and wear on your own body.
One of the hardest massage techniques to master and provide over an extended
period can be provided by anyone from beginners to massage therapist with the
Bonger.
Bongers. If you have not tried them you can not believe how effective they
are.
What are Bongers? Bongers are traditional Japanese massage tools that
are good for breaking down muscle tension, stimulating circulation. The
scientific name for Bongers' percussion-like massage is tapotement. How does it
work? Kind of like tenderizing meat.
They look like a rubber ball attached to a metal tongue depressor set
into a jump-rope handle. Pictured below.
Bonger are useful for most of the body, but for a truly different effect for
a scalp massage look at our
tingling head massage tool
Essentially, you use Bongers as if you were playing the xylophone on a
person’s body. Warning: Do not Bong anyone in the kidneys! (Your kidneys are at
waist level more or less under your arms, but more rear than forward.) The
vibrating metal tongue depressor does the real work. So the Bongee gets an
invigorating Shiatsu-type massage while the Bonger doesn’t get tired out.
It takes about five seconds to learn how to Bong: children about age 3 can
learn how to Bong in five minutes. Practice will improve your rhythm, but rhythm
isn’t actually important.
Bonging is not an exercise, mind you, and probably will never be recognized
by either the Olympic Committee or Elizabeth Arden. Bongers are a relatively
inexpensive way to have fun and to give a friend (or even yourself) a break from
tight muscles. While you can give a basic hand massage without spending a dime,
it can be awkward to perform on strangers, mere acquaintances or office chums
and you certainly can’t have a massage with your clothes on. But you can Bong
while dressed.
How do Bongers work?
Back Pain
The scientific name for Bongers' percussion-like massage is tapotement. We
prefer to explain it as the same principle as tenderizing meat. Most back pains
are caused by over-worked muscles which contract suddenly (spasm), turning hard
and knotty. This constricts the blood vessels that bring oxygen to the muscles
and carry waste from them. Muscle-cells start dying. You feel pain. That pain is
your body crying, HELP! BONG ME!
Headaches
Nine out of ten headaches are caused by tight neck muscles. BONG the neck
gently on both sides of the spine for 30-60 seconds and watch headaches
disappear!
Cellulite
Doctors say there's no such thing. Ask any woman over 30 and she'll tell you
different! Both are right, actually: that cottage cheese effect comes simply
from clogged capillaries that don't let blood circulate through them any more.
As a local circulation agent, Bongers work even better than exercise (though
they're certainly no substitute). They act like hydraulic pressurizers, forcing
the blood back through.
For Fun
BONG your friends and lovers; BONG yourself. After work or a workout, BONG
the bottoms of your feet, your pectorals, your leg muscles, wherever it's sore.
It's fun to close your eyes, put on some music and BONG your head - watch the
pictures flow!
In fact, keeping a set of Bongers in the office to relieve shoulder and neck
pain after scrunching over a desk for several hours is a really good idea.
Bongers come with cartoon instructions, and printed on each shaft are cartoon
health claims: “Put oomph in sluggish blood. Smash evil cellulite (a beauty
problem unknown in the heyday of Dr. Scholl). Give your/your partner’s body
paroxysms of unbridled ecstasy.†| 
