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Can you touch your toes? What that says about your health — and how to get better at it.

Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an ...

Woman Has Her Fingers and Toes Amputated After Kidney Stone Infection: ‘I Was on Death’s Door’

Sepsis is “a serious condition in which the body responds improperly to an infection," according to the Mayo Clinic. It can ...
Los Angeles Times

5 easy exercises for your feet and ankles to relieve desk job aches and pains

Prolonged desk work can lead to musculoskeletal problems ranging from annoying aches and pains to injuries. This month, we launched a six-part series showing you how to stretch and strengthen your ...
New York Post

Beware ‘sausage toe’: Foot injury that’s more common in summer can get much worse if left untreated

It’s the wurst-case scenario. People are prone to toe injuries big and small in the summer because they’re playing outside more, wearing less-protective footwear, such as sandals and flip-flops, and ...
Yahoo! Sports

What is turf toe and how is it treated? What to know about the injury

With the NFL season now in full swing, one unique injury is shaking up the league: turf toe. Two star quarterbacks — Brock Purdy of the San Francisco 49ers and Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals — ...