5th Ray Widening
Extra width along the lateral border to support and contain a prominent or flared 5th ray.
Supports the lateral border
Contains a flared 5th ray
Blended taper
How it works
Where general forefoot widening grows the whole platform, fifth-ray widening adds width specifically along the lateral border to contain a flared or prominent fifth ray. The lateral edge moves out; the rest of the shell stays trim.
It keeps a bunionette or abducted fifth ray on the device instead of beside it. Supported, not squeezed.
When to prescribe it
- Bunionette (tailor's bunion)
- A flared or abducted fifth ray
- Lateral edge callus or irritation
- Supinators drifting off the lateral border
- Wide-lateral feet in normal-width shoes
How we build it
The lateral border geometry is extended against the scan's true fifth-ray line with a blended taper: added width exactly where it supports, no bulk where it doesn't.
Lateral border only
From the scan's 5th-ray line
Blended taper
No global bulk