India, Jan. 15 -- Noticing random bruises on your arms or legs without any memory of bumping into something is a surprisingly common experience - especially for women. While these unexplained marks are often harmless and brushed off as clumsiness, there is a medical reason behind why they occur. In some cases, however, frequent or unusual bruising can signal underlying deficiencies that deserve attention.

Dr Dana Figura, a Los Angeles-based foot surgeon specialising in podiatric foot and ankle surgery, is breaking down why those random bruises that appear on your legs - often dismissed as simple clumsiness - may actually have an underlying explanation worth paying attention to. In an Instagram video shared on January 12, the foot surgeon...