Research says that our health can suffer when we don’t experience enough physical contact. Here’s how to get more.

Touch is a vital sense in human survival and experience, not for just how it informs personal connections but as an important early warning system for identifying harm. Yet not all touch is equal.

Humans are wired to be touched. From birth until the day we die, our need for physical contact remains. Being touch starved — also known as skin hunger or touch deprivation — occurs when a person ...

Therapeutic touch massage (TTM) is a form of energy healing. There is limited research supporting the efficacy of this alternative practice. Several ancient healing philosophies regard the universe as ...

Earlier this year, Tiffany Field, head of the Touch Research Institute at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, traveled to different airports in Florida to watch people interacting. A ...

Touch deprivation is a real problem. Here’s how to navigate it and protect your mental health. Touch starvation, also known as touch deprivation or “skin hunger,” refers to experiencing a chronic lack ...

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 ...