wearer especially when a type of shoe or activity causes the user 39 s foot to be forced toward or into the front of the shoe e g sliding down a high heel and being jammed into the front of the shoe a third embodiment of the shoe insert 80 is illustrated in fig9 11 this embodiment comprises a pad 82 having an inner surface 84 and an outer surface 86 as illustrated the pad 82 of this embodiment might not comprise an inner portion for cushioning a medial region of a foot and an outer portion for cushioning a lateral portion of a foot there are at least two reasons why the shoe insert 80 might exclude an inner portion and an outer portion first this enables the shoe insert 80 to be constructed simply by cutting a shape out from a flat sheet of pad material and then fold the flat shape into a shoe insert shape 80 so as to create at least a lower portion 88 for cushioning a plantar region of a foot a front portion 90 for cushioning a distal region of a foot and an upper portion 92 for cushioning a dorsal region of a foot fig9 illustrates a u201c blank u201d of such a material having been cut out from a flat sheet of material second because many shoes and especially women 39 s fashion shoes have pointed toe regions and therefore narrow toe regions it may be preferable to maximize space around the.