Pensioners in China are turning a bizarre exercise to ease the pain they have in their neck and back, the exercise involves them hanging themselves from a harness that is placed around their necks.

The exercise does look painful but a ton of pensioners are trying it.

Videos and pictures have gone viral on the internet that shows pensioners and normal people in China swinging their body weight around while strapped.

A leather harness sits underneath one’s chin that would take the entire weight of a person. Then a person would sling up between two bars at a park.

Chinese media reports suggest that older folks have been relieved by doing the bizarre exercise.

A 68-year-old woman in Qingdao said, “The routine has healed my spinal issues. I don’t have to take medication anymore.”

She said that she hangs herself from the devices for 30 minutes every day, she said that you could buy the device and assemble it by yourself.

The traction pulls a person’s head away from their neck that creates expansion and removes compression, this exercise could be used as a physical treatment at home.

But, experts have also warned that people who do this exercise could experience nausea, dizziness, and headache.

Experts also said that there is a risk that one can suffer neck, tissue, or spine injuries if the exercise is done for more than 30 minutes, experts recommend avoiding big movements while the traction is being performed.