I'm Jord. I'm 36, Dutch, and I've been an athlete my whole life. For years I dealt with the same things most athletes deal with. Tight calves that wouldn't loosen. A knee that kept flaring up. That nagging pressure under my forefoot after every session that I just accepted as the cost of training hard.

I tried everything. New shoes. Insoles. Physio. Foam rolling until my eyes watered. And every time, the pain would come back. Because nothing was addressing the actual cause.

Then a physio showed me something I'd never thought about. My toes had been compressed into the wrong position for over twenty years. Every shoe I'd ever worn had slowly squeezed my feet into a shape they were never designed to hold. And that broken foundation was sending problems upward through my entire body.

I started looking into toe spacers. And what I found was disappointing. Cheap Amazon ones that tore in a week. Premium ones that cost a fortune and were too bulky to wear in shoes. Nothing that was actually designed for someone who trains hard and wants to wear them all day. Nothing that felt like it was made for athletes. Nothing that felt like it was made for people who actually use their feet.

So I built it.

ALIGND started as a personal fix. I wanted a toe spacer that was medical-grade, slim enough for my training shoes, firm enough to make a real difference, and comfortable enough to forget I was wearing it. When the first prototype worked better than anything I'd tried in a decade, I knew other people needed this too.

Not just athletes. My mum has bunions that have bothered her for years. A friend who's a nurse was finishing every shift in agony. A mate at the gym had been sidelined three times with injuries that all traced back to his feet. Everyone around me had the same problem. Nobody had a solution that actually lasted.

That's why ALIGND exists.

Medical-grade silicone that lasts 3 to 6 months of daily use. Slim enough to wear inside any shoe, not just barefoot on your couch. Designed with podiatric input so the spacing is anatomical, not arbitrary. Dermatologist-tested so it's gentle on every type of skin. And backed by a 100-day money back guarantee because I believe in what we've made enough to let you try it without risk.

I designed ALIGND in the Netherlands. Not in a factory churning out one-size-fits-all products for the lowest possible cost. Every curve, every angle, every millimetre of spacing was considered. Because your feet deserve precision, not a compromise.

I built two lines because your feet live two lives.

ALIGND Pro is for the athletes. The runners who've been chasing a knee problem that starts at their toes. The lifters who've never had a stable foundation. The CrossFitters and footballers who keep getting sidelined by injuries that all trace back to the same root cause. Pro is firmer, built for performance, and engineered to change how you move. This is the one I wear every time I train.

ALIGND Flex is for the everyday. The nurse who can't face another twelve-hour shift. The teacher whose bunion has been getting worse for a decade. The parent who hasn't had a pain-free morning in years. Flex is softer, gentler, and designed to give your feet the relief they've been begging for. This is the one I gave to my mum. She hasn't taken them off since.

Two products. One purpose. Give your feet the space to do what they were designed to do.

What I believe.

I believe foot pain is not normal. I believe the problems most people accept as part of life (the bunions, the plantar fasciitis, the aching arches, the tired feet) are symptoms of a foundation that was never given the chance to work properly.

I believe that when your toes have space, everything changes. Your balance improves. Your pain reduces. Your knees, hips, and back stop compensating for a broken base. Your mornings feel like mornings again. Your shifts feel survivable. Your training feels like it should.

I believe you shouldn't have to choose between surgery and suffering. There's something in between. And it starts at your feet.

10,000+ people have already made the change.

They came to us with bunions that had bothered them for twenty years. With plantar fasciitis that stole their mornings. With knee pain that nobody could explain. With feet that screamed by lunchtime. And they stayed because ALIGND worked when everything else hadn't.

This isn't a wellness trend. It's not a TikTok gadget. It's a toe spacer company built by an athlete who got tired of his own feet holding him back. And now it's helping thousands of people feel what their feet were actually built for.

Realign your feet. Realign your life.

— Jord, Founder of ALIGND