The Original Foot Alignment Socks were created right here in Northeast Ohio by a retiree that was looking to spend more time doing the activities she loved to do including tennis and yoga. The original idea came from the yoga technique of spreading your toes with your fingers. If a few minutes of this felt good, wouldn't a longer period feel even better? Before long, the socks were in production and selling around the world. So what are foot alignment socks? Quite simply, they are a toeless sock that has 4 spacers that slide in between the toes, providing a gentle stretch that allows increased circulation throughout the foot providing some pain relief to many foot issues including bunions, hammer toes, crooked toes and plantar fasciitis.