Arch support — what is it and why is it needed.

An arch sup­port is a bulge on the insole in the area of ​​u200bu200bthe inner arch of the foot. Need­ed — to sup­port the leg in the cor­rect con­di­tion so that the foot does not fall inward.
It is impor­tant to note that the arch sup­port, depend­ing on its hard­ness, has sev­er­al pur­pos­es.

Sol­id arch sup­port — can be made of plas­tic or oth­er mate­r­i­al. Used in pro­fes­sion­al ortho­pe­dic shoes. Only a doc­tor can rec­om­mend this type of supina­tor! Most often, it is need­ed for chil­dren with already diag­nosed flat feet. Sol­id instep sup­port — helps the foot to be in the cor­rect posi­tion, sim­u­lat­ing the arch of the foot, which is absent in flat feet, there­by help­ing to prop­er­ly dis­trib­ute the load.

Anatom­i­cal shoes use a soft arch sup­port. Its pur­pose is to pro­vide good cush­ion­ing and dis­trib­ute the load to pre­vent flat feet and oth­er dis­eases.

When choos­ing shoes with an arch sup­port, it is impor­tant to choose the right size so that the bulge fits exact­ly into the arch of the foot!

The final rec­om­men­da­tion when choos­ing shoes can only be giv­en by your ortho­pe­dic doc­tor!

In the pho­to, shoes of the IRIDIS brand, with a soft arch sup­port. The brand uses only gen­uine leather. Inside, the mod­els are trimmed with calf­skin, which is also good for the health of chil­dren’s feet.