Metatarsal Pad
A dome placed just proximal to the metatarsal heads that spreads the transverse arch and lifts pressure off the ball of the foot.
How it works
A metatarsal pad is a dome that sits just proximal to the metatarsal heads: behind the painful spot, never under it. It lifts and separates the metatarsal shafts, restores the transverse arch, and transfers load from the heads onto the shafts, which are built to take it.
Placement is everything: a few millimeters too far forward and the pad increases pressure instead of relieving it. Because we position the dome against the patient's actual scan and your landmark prescription, it lands exactly where it should, at the height you chose, every time.
When to prescribe it
- Metatarsalgia and general forefoot overload
- Morton's neuroma (spreads the interspace)
- Second MTP capsulitis and early plantar plate strain
- Forefoot fat-pad atrophy
- Callus beneath the central metatarsal heads
How we build it
Choose the height (3–11 mm) and footprint (normal or wide) and we place the dome to your landmarks on the scan, blended into the top surface of the shell as one continuous piece, with nothing glued on to shift or peel.