Footwear for Preventing or Treating a Pathological Deformity of a Wearer's Foot

Footwear (10) for preventing or treating a pathological deformity of a wearers foot, in particular of a joint connecting a great toe to the foot, comprising;

• a toe strap (26) configured for being fastened to the great toe,
• an upper (14) configured for being fastened to a metatarsus region of the foot and comprising a lateral section (16) and a medial section (18), and
• an adjustment mechanism (20) comprising a tension element (24) coupled to the toe strap (26) and configured for variably adjusting a pulling force applied to the toe strap (26) which, in a fastened state in which the footwear (10) is fastened to the foot, is translated into a corrective force (F1, F2) acting upon at least one of the joint and the great toe, wherein
• the adjustment mechanism (20) is at least partially arranged in or on the lateral section (16) of the upper (14) such that the tension element (24) is guided to a lateral side of the footwear (10),
• characterized in that
• the medial section (18) of the upper (14) extends from the adjustment mechanism (20) in a medial direction to a medial side of the footwear (10) and is adjustable in its circumferential length.