Warning: This story contains a photograph of a severe leg injury. Proceed with caution. An Auckland mother says her 11-year-old son needed surgery after gashing his leg on a metal post leaving the ...

An Oro Valley woman was bitten on her leg by a javelina while walking her dog March 25. "Javelina can't tell the difference between a dog and a coyote, which prey on javelina, so javelina react ...

Dealing with a leg being shorter than the other is hardly unusual when it comes to runners. In fact, if you think one of your legs is longer than the other, you can count yourself in good company.

What Is a Broken Leg? A broken leg is when you break one of the bones in your leg. It can happen lots of ways, like falling or getting into a car accident. Your leg has four bones (the femur ...

Have you ever felt a sudden tightening and pain in your leg? What you felt was most likely a leg cramp, an involuntary contraction of muscles in your leg. Leg cramps can be painful enough to stop ...

What Are Nocturnal Leg Cramps? Nocturnal leg cramps are a tight, knotted feeling in your legs that happens at night. They can last several seconds to several minutes. If the cramp is severe ...

Numb legs and feet may be caused by sitting in a position that puts too much pressure on the nerves or reduces blood flow. Long-lasting numbness in the legs and feet may indicate an underlying ...

The lower leg lies between the knee and ankle and works with the upper leg and foot to help perform key functions. In the leg are a number of bones, muscles, tendons, nerves and blood vessels.

It's normal for children and adults to have a small difference between the length of their legs, but at what point is it considered a problem? "Leg length discrepancy is when an individual's two legs ...