Orthopedic articles, namely orthopedic and therapeutic footwear, also footwear for rehabilitation to recreate the health of feet and for gymnastic purpose of the feet, also orthopedic footwear for profession, leisure and sports, also such footwear, sandals, sandals for children, sandals for gymnastic of the feet, flip-flop sandals, slip-ons, slippers, sandals exhibiting a heel strap, namely, sling-back sandal, hand stitched sandals made to measure and clogs exhibiting a foot bed or moulded foot sole or an orthopedic or a non orthopedic insole or sole, namely, insoles and soles exhibiting an anatomically formed deep foot bed; orthopedic insoles and soles with and without footbed, cushions to protect the foot against pressure, footwear shells and arch supports, paddings for footwear, heel inserts, wedges, pads, insoles and moulded foot soles, also parts thereof and such footwear for orthopedic purposes; footbed insoles exhibiting foam cushions and/or foam pads, moulded foot soles in form of solid plastic inserts and supports with foot bed or anatomically shaped deep foot bed made from natural cork, plastics, latex or expanded synthetic materials, as well as elastic composites of cork-latex or plastic-cork mixtures for orthopedic footwear all of the above for orthopedic use