Shoe insert and shoe including said shoe insert

摘要

A shoe insert is provided, which includes a heel portion (58); a medial portion (60) extending forwardly from the heel portion (58); and a metatarsal portion (62) extending forwardly from the medial portion (60) and terminating in a round metatarsal edge (64). The various portions have different shapes in that the medial portion (60) has a curved transverse cross-sectional shape; the metatarsal portion (62) has rearwardly a convex shape (72) leading forwardly onto a concave shape (74) in transverse sectional view from the heel portion (58) towards the metatarsal edge (64); and the metatarsal edge (64) is adapted to be located substantially behind the joints of the five metatarsal bones (26 ... 34) to the proximal phalanges (36 ... 44) of the foot of a wearer. The invention also extends to a shoe, which may be an ordinary shoe or a sports shoe, which includes such a shoe insert, either as a separate part or being integrally formed with a shoe's sole structure to form an upper sole part.