Your feet suffer from an overwhelmingly amount of wear and tear throughout the day- and by age 40, many people with healthy feet lose up to 50% of their fat pads.  Improperly fitted shoes, hard surfaces and poor support only quicken that process…unfortunately, once those fat pads are gone, they’re gone.

What causes the fat pads in our feet to become thin?

-Situations where the soft tissue and/or skeletal structure may be compromised due to systemic disorders (diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.)

-Situations where tissue degradation may already have taken place (fat pad displacement)

-Performance situations where the feet are subjected to stresses by a sport or activity.

-The inherent issue of a dynamic foot inside a static shoe.  When you walk or run, your foot moves and changes in significant ways.  It flattens, changes plane, lengthens, and changes from weight bearing receptor to a lever that pushes us forward, and repeats that process thousands of times each day.  Because shoes have firm boundaries that limit the movement of the feet, the natural range of motion of the foot is limited.  Even the best shoes in the world have this limitation.

Couple that with the fact that most people wear shoes that are too small, and you have an ideal recipe for foot pain and problems.

The right engineered padded sock helps cushion your foot to give you that extra padding needed to protect your feet…..  Properly fitted with a well-made pair of shoes and inserts or orthotics as necessary, the sock allows the feet to be fitted with shoes that are large enough to allow a fuller, healthier range of motion of the feet, at the same time preventing skin damage from the movement of the feet inside the shoe.  This leads to fewer foot problems, stronger foot muscles, and an overall better state of foot health!