The Curious Link Between Genitals and Feet in the Brain: Foot Orgasm Syndrome
Foot Orgasm Syndrome is a rare condition where a person experiences sexual orgasmic sensations in their foot. A 2013 case study explains how a 55-year-old woman living in the Netherlands reached out for medical attention due to the “undesired orgasmic sensations originating in her left foot.” Her doctors took scans of her foot and ankle, which revealed nothing too unusual. Through a number of different scans and tests, they couldn’t settle on an explanation but hypothesized that the issue may be stemming from her nervous system. The idea is perhaps not as out-there as you might assume. Vilayanur Ramachandran, director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego, once proposed some people have foot fetishes because the part of the brain that processes the sensation people get from feet is close to the part that registers genital stimulation.