PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a protective pad which enables a central area of a panel member to be fitted to a bent part such as a wearers heel by being deformed along a shape of the bent part and which can reliably prevent the part from suffering from a bedsore.SOLUTION: A protective pad 10 includes a panel member 17 which has both side notched parts 35 positioned in a central area 45, a central recessed part positioned between both the side notched parts 35 in a direction of a lateral axis Q, and a first elastic element 41 elongated in a direction of a longitudinal axis P and crossing both the side notched parts 35.
