pedag Correct | German Made Medial and Lateral Wedge Heel Straightener Insert | for Pronation and Supination, Knock Knee Pain, Bow Legs | Vegetable Tanned Leather | Small (Women 5 to 7)

Made a world of a difference for my father.His exact words were "Goodness, best $10 I've ever spent". He was truly happy having no ankle pain. Thank you. :)

I have had pronated arches my whole life. I wore corrective shoes when I was young but the company went out of business, so for the last 50+ years I haven't tried to correct it. My chiropractor had some very expensive ones made that work very well, but I keep them in the shoes I wear to work. I bought these to wear around the house and I can easily move them from my slippers to shoes. They are well designed and made, very durable and comfortable. They are a great value for the money. I highly reccomend.

Sperry's have notoriously terrible insoles, and on top of that I overpronate. With that combination, everytime I wore my Sperry's and had a day with a lot of standing, my heels and lower back were killing me. Not to mention my heels wore down completely unevenly exacerbating the problem even more due to the uneven standing surface (I used freesole to fix the heel sole). Upon getting these, first impression was that these were not very soft. I had always been under the influence of Dr. Scholl's gel cushion insoles (which did help a lot with my problems too, but stopped being effective once the shoe sole wore down at the outer heel). To my surprise, I realized that soft and cushy really doesn't matter as long as posture was correct; that is what these inserts do. I found myself NOT using these in conjunction with Dr. Scholls (my original plan), but directly with the original Sperry insoles.The reason I give them 4 stars is that, while I do appreciate the posture improvement, I feel like it's expensive for one pair of these leather and rubber things. It may be possible to use them over and over again using the velcro sticky tabs you can buy to hang pictures on walls rather than the adhesive tab provided. One other big reason I only gave 4 stars is that these have yet to be truly tested, I have had moderate days of standing, but not one full intense day of being on my feet a lot yet. I will update the review after I have one of those days.

Wear an orthotic, but need to have my gait squared up. OK, the orthotist built a medial heel wedge as he would for other patients, stacked and glued layers of tough rubber.No matter what we tried, short of gluing the wedge down, within a few steps it would migrate up to the arch area of the shoe. Nooooo good. Research of other heel wedges sold on Azon revealed similar complaints, but these seemed to get better press. So I bought one set and stuck them in the same shoe that was giving me grief. Hey, presto! The wedge stayed put like a well-trained pooch. I beat the daylights out of all things shoe, so after a month with this wedge, I'm thoroughly impressed, it is soldiering on. The wedge built by the orthotist (which kinda stayed put with liberal administrations of duct tape) started shredding apart in no time.Hands-down, these guys are a winner. Sad to say, they are sold (as you know) as a set, 1 medial, one lateral. If you only need one or the other, you're stuck. I contacted the seller and was told (in characteristically 'English a second language' that sorry, you can't buy just one or other other. This effectively doubles the price, but hey, they work!

I have written reviews on correcting pronation in figure skating boots by using the Pedag Step or Balance arch support inserts. In my instance, I have further improved correction by adding in the Pedag Correct Step Straightener.What They Are.The Corrects are heel wedges designed to correct for pronation or supination. The primary correction is generated by a wedge that tapers across the lateral direction (across the width of the heel) to create a lateral wedge angle. The wedges are supplied in an asymmetrical pair. If you pronate, you install the wedges such that the higher side of each wedge is on the medial (inside) side of the boot and the lower side of the wedge is on the outside (lateral side) of the boot. Each wedge also tapers across the longitudinal direction: the back of the wedge is higher than the front of the wedge.Each wedge comprises three layers. The top layer is a flat, U-shaped piece of leather, and the middle layer is a flat, U-shaped layer of foam rubber. The bottom layer is the actual wedge. It is not a uniform wedge, but shaped like a comma (“,”) that covers approximately half the area of the U; see photos supplied by Pedag. The wedge is fabricated from a firm rubber that has some resilience (about the consistency of a pencil eraser).The leather is ~1.5 mm thick, and the foam rubber is ~ 1 mm thick. Towards the back of the wedge, the total height on the higher side is ~10 mm, and the total height on the lower side is ~8 mm. Measurements are in the uncompressed state.My Application.I wear Jackson Elite Suede figure skating boost. The boots have no arch supports, and the supplied footbeds (insoles) are fabricated from compressible foam that provide no support. I have fallen arches, and my blades tend to lean to an inside edge. Attaching the Step arch supports to the top of the footbeds greatly reduced the lean, but I still had problems with my edges. I have now added the Corrects, and my edge control is much better.If you try to place the Corrects on top of the footbeds along with the Steps, they will partially overlap; and you will need to trim the Corrects. To avoid trimming, I placed the Corrects directly in the boots, and placed the footbeds and Steps on top of them. This configuration worked well: The Corrects are held firmly in place, and the foam footbeds smoothen the transition between the Corrects on the bottom and the Steps on the top.Pluses.(a) The leather and the firm rubber are the same materials used in the Step. They are sturdy materials.(b) No gels are used. The support is firm, and the wedge retains its shape.(c) There is no heel cup to interfere with the heel cup in the boot.(d) The overall height is low enough that it does not interfere with the fit of the boot.Minuses.(a) The foam rubber tears easily. I remove the footbeds and wedges after each skating session to allow the boots, footbeds, and wedges to dry. To do so, I need to grab the Steps and Corrects and pull on them. I’ve used the Steps for several months now. The leather has not torn and has not separated from the firm rubber; the construction is robust. With the Corrects, the foam rubber tore in a couple of places the first time I removed the wedges. You have to be very careful how and where you grab the wedges and how you pull on them to remove them from the boots. Tears can be repaired with tacky glue. Since the foam rubber is thin (~1 mm), it doesn’t provide much cushioning anyway; so, I would recommend that Pedag remove the foam rubber layer and use the same robust construction that it uses in the Step. This minus is the main reason I deducted 2 stars.(b) The Corrects are supplied only in asymmetric sets (pairs). If you need correction for only one foot, you are stuck with a useless wedge. Asymmetric units should be sold individually. Fortunately, for me, I use both wedges.(c) The Corrects are supplied with only one wedge angle. It’s then a matter of luck whether the wedge angle is suitable for your feet. A choice of three wedge angles (shallow, medium, and steep, for example) would allow better fit for a variety of feet.(d) I didn’t need adhesive to attach the Corrects to the insoles. But if you do, Pedag uses a small circle of double-sided adhesive tape. Similar tape is used on the Steps, and I found that the tape comes off too easily. For the Steps, I used Velcro tape. Not sure whether Velcro would work on the Corrects: I have a feeling the foam rubber would tear if you used Velcro tape and then tried to remove the Corrects.

got these for my daughter for foot pain lot or relief

Just perfect to correct how I wear out my heels. Feels comfortable in my shoe.