A man in Pentecostal died unexpectedly from neck hanging exercise. The official response: he tied a rope around his neck for exercise

Recently, the death of a 50 year old man in Chongqing from neck hanging exercise caused concern.

It is reported that a man in Chengxi Town, Dianjiang County, Chongqing had an accident when he learned online video while exercising and hung his neck on the rope of fitness equipment.

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On May 16, the government staff of Chengxi Town responded that the deceased was a man in his fifties. Yesterday, the police station had called the police. The man had an accident at the outdoor public fitness equipment place in the open community, "(fitness rope) was not brought by himself, but hung on it for a long time". At present, criminal cases are excluded, and the specific cause of death involves the privacy of the deceased, which is not disclosed.

In recent years, the elderly "neck hanging" exercise has become popular on the Internet. However, experts remind that although this exercise method uses the clinical traction principle In fact, it is not desirable , "hanging neck" fitness It may damage nerves and spinal cord, and even lead to high paraplegia 。 In this regard, the above-mentioned government staff of Chengxi Town said that they have connected with their communities and will make warning signs for warning publicity.

Source: Qingdao Daily Guanhai News