A stone bruise is a pain on the ball of your foot or the pad of your heel. Its name has two derivations: If you step down hard on a small object — such as a stone or pebble — it’s painful, and often ...

Most bruises happen when you sustain an injury that fails to break the skin, but crushes the small blood vessels underneath. Blood then leaks and becomes trapped under the surface, leaving the ...

A bruise forms when small blood vessels under your skin break due to an impact, causing blood to leak and pool. This results ...

There are few bodily injuries more relatable than bruises. At one time or another, virtually all of us have sustained this injury after bumping an arm or a leg against an object or because we've ...

Bruising, cuts and scrapes all form part of a normal kids’ life, and if you have active little ones who love to run, jump or climb, you will have seen plenty of minor bumps and bruises as a parent.