Gel insoles to the rescue

A little more than three months ago, I bought a pair of gel insoles to use during badminton. This was because the ball of my foot tends to hurt after playing, especially if I make any jumps. Surprisingly, most insoles are for the heel rather than for the ball of the foot. Even the insoles that I bought had thicker padding on the heel than on the ball of the foot.

The packaging:

Normal price is RM80, so at RM33, it was sure a bargain! The small window on the bottom-left of the packaging is for us to feel the insole's texture.

The back of the package:

A zoom-in for those who would like to read more about it:

Unpacked:

On top is the bottom, and at the bottom is the side that our feet are supposed to touch (top is bottom, bottom is top, haha).

After using it, I find that it does provide cushioning so that I don't feel pain in the ball of my foot any more. Even with jumping.

Here's what the bottom of the insoles look like after more than three months of usage, with two sessions a week.

I'm really hoping that this doesn't mean they will wear off. My badminton shoes had the inner sole (original one in the shoe) of one side coming off just after I had been using these insoles for a while, so I had taken this side's insole out before to re-adjust the shoe's original sole. More than one month ago, it looked about the same as this. So I believe there's hope...