Hi Jeff!

Thanks for sharing your experience. We have some recommendations that may help you in the process of wearing your new insoles. :)

• There can be an adjustment period for your body to adjust to proper alignment. It may take your body a couple weeks to adjust to the new alignment. Customers who have worn our insoles for at least 30 days have achieved the best results.

• Improved alignment will change and may distribute new forces to your muscles, soft tissues, joints and tendons. When possible, we recommend wearing the insoles for 1-2 hours the first day, 2-3 hours the second day, and 3-4 hours the third day while continuing to increase wear by 1-2 hour increments until a full day is reached.

• Make sure to remove the factory insole from your shoes before inserting your Protalus insoles. Our insoles need to lay flat in the shoes to work correctly.

• Try them in different shoes. Sometimes shoes can significantly affect the performance of our insoles.

• Tie and re-tie your shoes throughout the day. Hot spots can happen because your foot is moving out of sync with your shoe. Tying and re-tying your shoes unite your feet, shoes and our insoles, so they can move as one.

• Lastly, we recommend the stretches listed at https://www.protalus.com/pages/stretches if possible. This especially helps in the process of alignment so that your body adjusts properly.

Let us know if you have any questions throughout the process!

Best Regards,
Nick
Customer Service Team