Custom orthotics has been shown to work to reduce foot pain by research, even if we aren’t entirely sure why or how it does. It might be that the custom orthotics’ unique shape is what makes it so important due to more of the surface area directly contacting the foot to spread out the pressure. By distributing the pressure, this allows the painful areas to rest, which allows them to heal. So, research shows that custom orthotics does help with healing short-term pain, but by letting your foot heal, helps with long-term pain too.