Britt Hertz explores the painful reality of flexible athletes testing their bodies against extreme and controversial contortion poses.

As one woman in glittering Lycra gently bends her legs backwards over her head, another balances on top, slowly twisting her own limbs into a human pretzel. They move as one – a fantastical insect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Liberty Barros is a 12-year-old contortionist from Leicester, U.K. Barros can bend her body into some pretty outrageous shapes, ...