Description

Chamois Crest Pads

Chamois Crest pads are ideal for protecting the tips from getting corns.  Corns on the tips of toes tend to be extremely painful, Crest Pads protect the tips of the toes for people developing having severe hammer toes. Corns develop on the tips of hammer toes, hammer toes develop as they try to stabilize an unstable foot. Crest pads protect the tips of the toes by elevating them from the ground thus reducing pressure, pain, and the risk of developing corns. For more information on Corns and Hammertoes Check out the Corns and Hammertoes page.

Fitting a Crest Pad

Properly fitting a crest pad can be a little difficult until you understand the purpose of the crest pad.  The crest pad should fill the void space under the hammertoes (the sulcus) with enough bulk to physically insure the tips of the toes do not come in contact with the ground.  In other words the tips of the toes should be floating in air and never come in contact with the ground, that said the hammertoe should not be elevated to a point where it is causing joint pain or jamming the toe against the top of the shoe. Some individuals may need to get shoes with increased height in the toe box area. There must be adequate space to allow the crest pad to function correctly.

Maintance and Cleaning Chamois Crest Pads

Chamois Crest pads are durable and relatively easy to clean, however they are made they do take some time to dry once they are wet.  Cleaning them is quick and easy and only requires a little soapy water and a few minutes to dry.

Never wear crest pads in the water, if they get wet make sure they have time to dry.  The do hold moisture and may cause athletes foot infections.