Common Foot Pads used to Off Weight Sore Areas

Adhesive Felt used to off weight ball of foot

Typically the padding is placed on the undersurface of the shoe insert

Adhesive Felt used to off weight the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals where they bear weight

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Foot Pain: Can I Off Weight? Great for the Bottom of the Foot Problems

Today I want to discuss a product I use daily, and many times each day. It is called "Adhesive Felt" with 1/8 inch the preferred thickness for the bottom of the foot. In the photo below, I am protecting a sore 2nd metatarsal with an off weighting horseshoe shaped pad. When the bottom of your foot hurts, consider this remedy. Rich 

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Sore on the Bottom of the Foot

Here is a patient from today's clinic. Yes, I am back after so much time off. Now, let's not blow it and forget our masks and social distancing!! I know I sound like your parents!!

     It is so important to off load sore areas on the bottom of the foot. This patient had a deep seated callus under the fifth metatarsal which I tried to dig out. Then I attempted off loading with my 1/8 inch adhesive felt. Thick moleskin also works, and you may have to layer to get the right thickness. 

https://www.walmart.com/ip/MediTac-Extra-Heavy-Moleskin-2-x-5-Yards/741713921

Off weighting can be done for almost any bottom of the foot problem

Here I am off weighting the tip of the left big toe which was painful