Body Language

Your body does its best to communicate what it needs. Are you listening? Learn what every ache, gurgle, pop and twitch means here.

By Jaime Osnato
close view of a man holding his jaw after waking up with jaw pain
Woke Up With Jaw Pain? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
Woman looking at an eye stye in the mirror
Keep Getting Styes in Your Eye? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
Young woman sitting up in bed looking worried because of morning anxiety
Waking Up With Anxiety? Here’s What Your Brain Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
close view of a hand picking a tissue from the tissue box
Got Bloody Boogers? Here's What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
woman lying in bed and rubbing her eyes because she woke up with swollen eyelids
Woke Up With Swollen Eyelids? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
a woman in bed rubbing her eyes because she woke up with blurry vision
Woke Up With Blurry Vision? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
Woman with headache sitting on bed, feeling hungover without drinking
Woke Up Feeling Hungover but Didn't Drink? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
woman drinking water in bed after waking up dizzy
Woke Up Dizzy? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Young Black woman wearing sunglasses in front of blue wall
Eyes Sensitive to Light? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
person drinking water in bed after waking up with dry mouth
Waking Up With Dry Mouth? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Moira Lawler
Cropped Image Of Woman Eye
Is Your Eye Twitching? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
Woman sneezing after exercise outside
Sneezing After Exercise? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
woman working at her desk and rubbing her eyes because she has dry eye
Got Dry Eyes? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
A woman eating food that suddenly tastes different
Food Suddenly Tastes Different? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
Woman in bed with a headache looking at smartphone
Getting Headaches at Night? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Heather Mayer Irvine
woman putting on headphones before her outdoor workout
Plugged Ears During Exercise? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jessica Migala
A woman waking up with a headache in the morning
Always Waking Up With a Headache? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
Woman with excessive saliva wiping her mouth with a napkin
Too Much Saliva in Your Mouth? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Heather Mayer Irvine
Woman lifting a dumbbell and yawning during her workout
Yawning During Your Workouts? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Amy Marturana Winderl
black man washing his back in the shower with a sponge
Can't Wash Your Back in the Shower? Here's Why, and What to Do About It
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
a woman having a hard time with an overhead press exercise, working with a female trainer
Struggling With Overhead Presses? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Woman experiencing neck pain during her workout.
Neck Pain During Your Upper-Body Workouts? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Isadora Baum
Senior woman is sitting in a stretched pose outdoors, trying to grab her hands behind her back
Can't Grab Your Arms Behind Your Back? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Male athlete with face mask warming up and stretching his neck in a gum.
Neck Pain While Lifting Weights? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Woman performing overhead squat with barbell in her garage.
Struggling With Your Overhead Squat? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Emily Abbate
A woman on morning workout outdoors. Incline press-up.
Shoulder Pain During Push-Ups? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Black man doing abs training and crunches in living room
Neck Pain During Your Ab Workouts? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Private yoga lesson of a personal trainer in a yoga studio
Can’t Straighten Your Arms Over Your Head? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Athlete doing handstand on sidewalk
Can’t Do a Handstand? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Rear view of Asian woman practicing yoga on a pier at harbour in the evening, cow face pose
Can’t Hold This Double Shoulder Stretch? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
man sitting in bed with his hand over his heart because he woke up with chest pain
Waking Up With Chest Pain? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Karla Walsh
After exercising at home
Extreme Fatigue After Exercise? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Tiffany Curtis
close view of a person's hands gripping the bedcovers because they woke up shaking
Waking Up Shaking? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Shawna Davis
couple doing yoga cobra pose on a blute yoga mat at home
Can’t Do Cobra Pose? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
woman sitting in bed and holding her throat because she woke up with heartburn in the morning
Keep Waking Up With Heartburn? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Tiffany Ayuda
Fit woman taking a break from exercise due to heartburn
Heartburn During a Workout? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Woman feeling hot sitting in front of a cooling fan
Always Hot? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Christina Vogt
Woman in bed holding sore back from latissimus dorsi pain at night after sleeping from sleeping position
Woke Up With Back Pain? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
Woman eating chocolate and sweating while eating
Sweat When You Eat? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Woman Wrapped Having Drink While Standing At Home
Always Cold? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Madeleine H. Burry
Woman using a laptop
Here's What Your Body's Telling You When You Get Goose Bumps
Health
By Hallie Levine
Top view of a woman in bed sweating in her sleep
Always Sweating in Your Sleep? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Shot of a beautiful young woman smelling her underarms at home
Sweat Smells Sweet? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
close view of a person's hands, to show their sweaty palms
Palms Always Sweaty? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
Woman warming her hands by a heater because her hands are always cold
Hands Always Cold? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Molly Triffin
fit woman wearing a black hoodie and doing a plank outdoors with muscles shaking
Muscles Shaking During a Workout? Here’s Why (and What to Do About It)
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Older man holding his wrist after waking up with numb hands
Waking Up With Numb Hands? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
woman sleeping in bed
Do You Twitch as You Fall Asleep? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Kim Grundy, PT
Man using climbing rope at cross training gym
Can't Climb a Rope? What Your Body Is Telling You
Fitness
By Gabrielle Kassel
Strong woman athlete doing chin-ups during calisthenics workout
Can’t Do a Chin-Up? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Lauren Bedosky
man doing triceps dips outdoors on a park bench
Pain With Triceps Dips? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Emily Abbate
Cropped shot of young man doing push-up in front of laptop at home
Wrist Hurt During Push-Ups? Here's What Your Body Is Try to Tell You
Fitness
By Heather Mayer Irvine
Tired woman using mobile phone while lying on exercise mat in living room
Extra Sore After a Workout? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Man doing pushups at urban setting
Can't Do a Push-Up? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Low angle view of young female trying to do a pull-up
Can't Do a Pull-Up? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Marygrace Taylor
Midsection Of Woman Holding Blister Pack of birth control pills, as a cause of recurring yeast infections
Keep Getting Yeast Infections? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Marygrace Taylor
woman sitting on the couch and holding her stomach in pain from tenesmus
Never Feel Finished After Pooping? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Brittany Risher
woman hand holding her crotch with pain
Getting UTIs All the Time? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
close view of two tampons in a person's hands, to represent pain when inserting a tampon
Pain Inserting a Tampon? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Midsection Of Woman Holding Toilet Paper While Standing In Bathroom, as a concept of a burning sensation after urinating
Burns When You Pee? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Young person sitting in bed and holding stomach, to illustrate having gas in the morning
Waking Up Gassy? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
back view of a person holding their butt, suffering from sudden severe rectal pain
Painful Butt Cramps? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Lauren Bedosky
Woman holding side plank pose during home workout
Can’t Hold a Side Plank for 30 Seconds? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jessica Migala
Pink frosted donut on dark background
Craving Carbs? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Nutrition
By Jenn Sinrich
Top view of a woman in bed who is bloated at the end of the day
Always Bloated at Night? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Bojana Galic
A woman waking up nauseous in her bedroom at home
Woke Up Nauseous? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jessica Migala
A woman holding toilet paper in front of the toilet because she woke up with diarrhea
Woke Up With Diarrhea? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Cara Stevens
Young attractive woman doing bicycle crunches, grey studio backg
Can't Do Bicycle Crunches? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jessica Migala
A woman holding her nose because her farts smell really bad
Smellier Farts Than Usual? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Health
By Molly Triffin
Woman's tattooed hands pouring sugar into cup of coffee, close-up
Always Gassy? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You About Your Gut Health
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Women Doing Sit-Ups as Part of a Workout Class
Can’t Do a Sit-Up? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Man holding toilet paper roll in bathroom because of gluten and constipation
Haven’t Pooped in Days? Here Are the Common Causes of Constipation
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Beautiful Energetic Fitness Girl Doing Mountain Climber Exercises. She is Doing a Workout in a Fenced Outdoor Basketball Court. Evening After Rain in a Residential Neighborhood Area.
Struggling With Mountain Climbers? Here's What Your Body Is Telling You
Fitness
By Lauren Bedosky
Athletes doing burpee exercise in crossfit gym
Struggling With Burpees? Here's What Your Body Is Telling You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Woman doing a forearm plank during an at-home workout on a blue yoga mat
Can’t Hold a Plank for More Than 30 Seconds? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Kim Grundy, PT
Woman demonstrating the 90/90 hip switch stretch
Can’t Do the 90/90 Hip Switch? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Lauren Bedosky
Two people doing forward lunges outside in a city park.
Can’t Do a Lunge? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Richard Adefioye
Woman doing a glute bridge with a personal trainer at health club
Can’t Do a Glute Bridge? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Kim Grundy, PT
Woman experiencing knee clicking while running outside in nature
Knee Clicking While Running? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Amanda Capritto
youg women doing child's pose on black yoga mats outside
Can't Do Child's Pose? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Amy Marturana Winderl
parents helping their baby daughter learn how to walk in living room
Can’t Kneel? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Rachel Grice
Concentrated senior man warming up and exercising on tennis court. Active lifestyle of old people
Legs Tingling After Exercise? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Rachel Grice
Attractive Senior Man Hill Walking With Knee Pain
Knee Pain Walking Uphill? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
woman doing a split on a purple yoga mat
Can’t Do the Splits? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Amanda Capritto
Pensive man sitting on the floor looking out of window
Struggling to Get Up Off the Floor? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Lauren Bedosky
athletic woman doing pigeon pose on a black yoga mat
Can't Do Pigeon Pose? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
African American woman walking outside with hand weights, feeling hip popping
Hip Popping When You Walk? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Aubrey Bailey
Sporty woman doing box jumps in gym. Sportwoman jumping on wooden box on health gym club.
Can’t Do a Box Jump? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Ashley Lauretta
Just hang on a second while I catch my breathe
Can’t Run a Mile Without Stopping? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Lauren Bedosky
Woman with face mask leaving home during Covid-19 pandemic
Knee Pain Going Down Stairs? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Amanda Capritto
Mature man sitting on bedroom floor looking at smart phone
Struggling to Get Down on the Floor? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Woman sitting in butterfly position with bare feet
Can’t Do a Butterfly Stretch? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
black man sit ups in living room on a blue yoga mat with tablet
Hip Popping During Ab Workouts? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Sara Lindberg
Man walking up stairs during workout
Struggling to Walk Up Stairs? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Lauren Bedosky
Friends wearing a mask while exercising together at home doing jump squats
Struggling With Jump Squats? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Kim Grundy, PT
Full length side view of women doing step-ups on picnic bench
Can't Do a Step-Up? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Asian woman practicing yoga at home
Struggling With Downward Dog? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Woman sitting on toilet and using smartphone, showing the concept of legs falling asleep on the toilet
Legs Fall Asleep on the Toilet? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Health
By Jaime Osnato
Asian male doing exercise at home to stay healthy on new normal lifestyle, indoor home workout, body weight cardio circuit training
Struggling With Jumping Jacks? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Anika Nayak
woman in red longsleeve and black leggings running outside
Knee Pain After Running? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Man trying to do a squat against a concrete wall
Can’t Do Squats? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Sara Lindberg
Woman doing weighted lunges with dumbbells on a yoga mat in her living room
Knee Pain During Lunges? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Relaxed man meditating at home in a cross-legged position
Can’t Sit Cross-Legged? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jody Braverman
Woman doing squats outside
Knee Pain During Squats? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Fit black man doing ab exercises
Hips Hurting During Your Ab Workouts? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Philip Ghezelbash, BSc, CPT
Sportswoman is squating in the park
Hip Pain During Squats? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Emily Abbate, CPT
Shot of a woman suffering from a leg injury while out on a trail
Calves Hurt When You Run? Here's What Your Body's Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Jaime Osnato
Rear view woman feet heel close up stands on tiptoes
Can’t Stand on Your Tiptoes? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Portrait of confident woman practicing tree pose by window at home
Can't Balance on One Leg? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness
By Bojana Galic
Man and woman outside stretching and trying to touch their toes
Can't Touch Your Toes? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You
Fitness