Rugby Union is a sport played by people of all shapes and sizes. Each player has a specific task on the pitch that involves a combination of running, jumping and pushing. All these activities place a tremendous strain on the feet and can cause aches and pains or even injury. Today a large number of rugby players wear football boots during training and when they are playing rugby.

Modern football and rugby boots provide very little cushioning or support. The insoles supplied with the boots do not offer the foot enough protection especially when a player is pushing in a scrum, landing at the line-out or competing at the break down. Other commercial OTC insoles can take up too much room in the boot.

NovaPED Rugby Insole features

• Shock absorption
• Low profile
• Heel cup
• Metatarsal pad
• Shank stiffener
• Medial longitudinal arch support
• Sport specific features to protect feet from studs
• Materials (Compliance)

NovaPED Rugby Insole benefits

The benefits of NovaPED Rugby insoles are:

• Cushion, support and protect the feet during training and playing
• Cushion and support the feet during landing at a line-out
• Fit exactly into the boot
• Protect the heel pad
• Support the metatarsal bones and spread weight more evenly across the ball of the foot
• Support the medial longitudinal arch of the foot and indirectly slow down and/or reduces subtalar and midtarsal joint pronation
• Protect the feet from the pressure points created by the studs especially under the first metatarsal head and the interphalangeal joint of the hallux
• Improve player compliance because the orthosis does not compromise the fit or the feel of the boot

When to use NovaPED Rugby Insoles

NovaPED Rugby Insoles can be used to:

• Treat painful corns and hard skin
• Support the medial longitudinal arch
• Protect the bottom of the foot from friction and pressure
• Spread weight more evenly across the bottom of the foot
• Improve foot posture and help treat heel pain, arch pain and forefoot pain
• Help prevent blisters occurring on the bottom of the feet during 7-a-side rugby when the ground is hard