Sesamoiditis Treated With Dancers Pads

Sesamoiditis is a medical condition when the foot's sesamoid bones become inflamed.  The sesamoid bones and the surrounding tissues can also become painful. When a patient as sesamoiditis, this pain is felt under the big toe joint (first metatarsal joint). Sesamoiditis can be easily treated with stick-on foot pads called Dancer's Pads.

The sesamoid bones are two free-floating pea-shaped bones lying on the bottom of the first metatarsal head. They help the big toe joint to bend and assist with walking ( gait ). They act like a pulley system with the big toe flexor tendon.

Dancer's cushions are also called dancer, sesamoid pads or dancers pads. They are foot pads that look like a ball of foot pad (metatarsal) cushions. The only difference is that the dancer's pad has a first metatarsal cut out. This cut out allows the dancer's pad to offload pressure on the big toe joint where the sesamoids are located.

Dancers pads come in stick-on adhesive felt or foam and a reusable, self-sticking gel. These sesamoid cushions come in 1/8" (3mm) and 1/4" (6mm) thickness.

Atlas Biomechanics produces dancer's pads here in the USA from medical grade materials.

Teri Green
Atlas Biomechanics