Does Rosie ODonnells Inversion Therapy Help Depression?
Does Rosie O’Donnell’s Inversion Therapy Help Depression? Monday March 19, 2007 #spacer{clear:left}#abc #sidebar{margin-top:1.5em}zSB(3,3)On a recent episode of The View, Rosie O’Donnell discussed how she had developed depression in response to the Columbine High School shootings. “I couldn’t stop crying,” she said. “I stayed in my room. The lights were off. I couldn’t get out of bed–and that’s when I started taking medication.” Somewhat to the amazement of her co-hosts, she then demonstrated how she hangs upside down from a special swing for 15-30 minutes a day in a practice called “inversion therapy”. She also made the claim that inversion therapy causes the release of serotonin in the brain, easing her depression. Does inversion therapy help depression? It simply isn’t known. According to Will Meek, a writer for PsychCentral, a search of all the professional literature from 1917-2007 di
