Abstract: There is provided a removable insole for insertion into a shoe, including a substantially impervious flexible base having an overall anatomical shape and an outer periphery. The base further includes a plurality of upwardly extending compressible support columns each having a central axis and being attached at its lower end to the base. The upper ends of the compressible support columns remain substantially free and unattached. An anatomical pad having a top surface and a bottom surface, and substantially conforming to the peripheral shape of the base is attached by its bottom surfacae to the outer periphery of the base. The pad is, thereby, effectively spaced from the base by the support columns to form a compressible chamber therebetween.