Touching your toes depends on the flexibility of your hamstrings, calves, ankles, glutes, hips, and lower back. Tightness in any one area can limit your reach. You may be able to improve flexibility ...

Ready to Tell Someone You Love ’Em? Here’s How “The love languages are a great model for understanding what your partner needs and how to express your love for them,” says relationship coach and ...

Anu, a 23-year-old student in Arizona, shies away from kisses on the cheek. “When I hug my partner, I angle my face away so it doesn’t touch his,” says Aileen, a 36-year-old trust officer in Minnesota ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Peak, The Athletic’s desk covering leadership, personal development and performance through the lens of sports. Follow Peak here. A few months ago, a reporter ...

For many people, the thing they’ve missed most during the pandemic is being able to hug loved ones. Indeed, it wasn’t until we lost our ability to hug friends and family did many realize just how ...

Touch starvation refers to the longing for touch or physical contact from other living beings. Deprivation of physical touch may result in people experiencing negative sensations, such as feelings of ...

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Touch stimulates nerves under your skin that trigger a rush of feel-good chemicals. You may feel agitated and experience "skin hunger" if you don't get enough touch. You can remedy this by giving ...

Mirror touch synesthesia is a condition that causes a person to feel a sensation of touch when they see someone else being touched. The term “mirror” refers to the idea that a person mirrors the ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...