Patent ID: 8230620

Claim:
A pad for relieving pain, the pad comprising: a substantially U-shaped heel portion including a lateral side portion, a medial side portion, and a rear portion, each having substantially the same width, said rear portion being disposed at a base of said heel portion and being connected between said lateral side portion and said medial side portion and extending along the width to a front edge that creates a substantially U-shaped space flanked on either side by the lateral side portion and the medial side portion, said medial side portion being connected to said rear portion at one end thereof and connected to an arch portion at an opposite end, and extending along the width from a medial outer side edge to a medial inner side edge, said lateral side portion being connected to said rear portion at one end thereof and terminating at an opposite end, and extending along the width from a lateral outer side edge to a lateral inner side edge, said arch portion connected to, and making an angle of substantially 45 degrees with said medial side portion, beyond a length of said lateral side portion in a direction away from said lateral side portion and said rear portion, wherein, a first planar surface is disposed on a top side of said heel portion and said arch portion, and a second planar surface is disposed on a bottom side of said heel portion and said arch portion.