Basketball
A high-impact device for recreational to professional play, with Myolite cushioning under a Prolite cover and low medial and lateral flanges for pivoting support. Replaces the sock liner in basketball shoes.
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Built for the court: impact, cutting, and pivots.
The Basketball device is designed to accommodate the sport's high impact nature, providing shock absorption and cushioning for repetitive jumping, cutting, faking, and quick, agile movements. It is designed to replace the sock liner in basketball shoes.
Low medial and lateral flanges reduce potentially injurious lateral foot and ankle motion without being overly restricting, built congruent to the athlete's own foot model, not an average.
Basketball shoes, replaces the sock liner
Designed to drop into basketball shoes once the factory sock liner is removed, with the frame calibrated to the patient's weight.
Cushioning for repetitive jumping
A layer of Myolite beneath the Prolite top cover, plus a Myolite arch filler, gives substantial shock absorption for jumping and hard landings.
Symptomatic feet & biomechanical pathology
Functional correction for players managing moderate to severe pathology, with a deep 12mm heel cup holding the calcaneus through cuts and pivots.
Functional correction, congruent to the foot.
Built from a positive model of the patient's foot and modifiable at the clinician's discretion - scanned and ordered through FootID Pro.
Shape is everything.
What separates Root from generic sport insoles is the precise morphological shape captured from the patient's foot - held in the exact clinical position the clinician chose. No averaging. No guesswork.
The Basketball device is built from a positive model of the patient's foot and can be modified at the practitioner's discretion. This means every device fits the patient it was made for - not an approximation.
Modern Root
Width adjusted considering both borders. Default for all Root models.
Traditional Root
Justified to the lateral border. Used for specific clinical indications at practitioner discretion.
Modern Root shape process
- Forefoot balanced to rearfoot - forefoot-to-rearfoot relationship is optimised as the first step in shape modification.
- Fat pad expanded ~3mm - ensures the device fills the calcaneal contour precisely for the patient's heel.
- Arch lowered ~3mm - creates optimal heel-to-arch-to-met-head geometry. Not applied to foam impressions.
- Width tuned to both borders - medial and lateral widths considered together, giving a foundation that matches the patient's actual foot width.
*Subtalar joint neutral is found by palpating the talus head against the navicular. The neutral position can present many joint-on-joint and bone-on-bone relationships and varies from person to person. An everted or inverted calcaneus may be a neutral position for an individual person. Biomechanical evaluation required.
How you hold the foot is what we build.
Root is not just the orthotic - it's the clinician's positioning, captured and preserved in the device. After scanning, FootID Pro asks the questions no other lab asks.
After every scan, we need to know:
- Was the subtalar joint held in neutral?
- Was the midtarsal joint maximally pronated - loading the 5th metatarsal head?
- Was the midtarsal joint maximally supinated - loading the 1st metatarsal head?
- Was the forefoot brought perpendicular to the rearfoot?
- Was a forefoot-to-rearfoot balance bisection achieved at 90° relative to the calcaneal bisection?
The positioning of those 19 joints in the foot is what gives us the shape.
CAD/CAM fabrication
- Scan or cast captured - clinician captures foot morphology via FootID Pro, holding the subtalar joint in the chosen clinical position.
- Shape modification applied - forefoot balanced to rearfoot, fat pad expanded, arch adjusted using Root's design process.
- Technical staff review - every device reviewed against Traditional Root, Modern Root, Blake Inverted, or Accommodative principles.
- Fabricated to the shape - the polypropylene frame and EVA post are fabricated to match the submitted shape precisely.
See how the scan becomes an order.
Watch Kevin capture a foot, confirm the clinical position, and send a Root order - start to finish.
Variation converted to anatomy-match accuracy by impression & fabrication method
How closely each method preserves the patient’s intended foot shape. Scale: 0–100%, where 100% = optimal congruence.
Plaster bandage is wrapped around the foot in the clinician’s prescribed corrected position, setting into a precise negative of the foot’s contour.
The foot is pressed into a crushable foam box, leaving a negative impression of the plantar surface.
An existing positive model from the patient’s previous orthotics is reused - KevinRoot accepts models from any lab, with frame-contour variance as low as 1%.
A digital scanner such as FootID Pro captures the foot surface as a 3D model.
A fiberglass casting sock is applied over the foot and cures to capture its contour.
Pedobarography captures the patient’s plantar pressure distribution (static or dynamic) at 1:1 scale - used with arch height and shoe size to select a redimold positive model, not to capture true 3D contour.
A direct-molding system using prefabricated, size- and arch-based positive models (33 in total) rather than an individual foot impression.
Heated material is vacuum-pressed over a plaster positive model, drawing it intimately into every contour.
The frame is 3D printed by selective laser sintering (SLS) directly from the CAD-designed digital frame.
A positive model is CNC-milled (CAD/CAM) from an STS, 3D scan, plaster, or foam impression, then the frame is vacuum formed over it.
A CNC machine subtractively mills the frame from a block of polypropylene or EVA per the digital design.
*Redimold has no physical or digital foot impression - patient-foot-to-cast congruent accuracy is unavailable. Variation from positive model to frame is low.
How your patient's foot shape becomes a precision frame.
The journey from clinical capture to finished Basketball frame is where Root's expertise lives. Every step preserves the shape and position the clinician chose for that patient.
- Foot impression captured - the clinician captures the foot using their preferred method. How the foot is held directly determines the congruency of the finished device.
- Positive model created - the impression becomes a physical plaster model or a digital CAD/CAM model. Digital models are stored indefinitely for future pairs.
- Root technicians modify the shape - every modification reviewed against the prescription. Rearfoot post, heel cup depth, and cover selection confirmed per patient.
- Basketball frame fabricated - the polypropylene shell is vacuum formed over the positive model, calibrated to the patient's weight, with a 12mm heel cup, intrinsic post, and low medial and lateral flanges. A 15 Shore A Myolite arch filler, 1.5mm Myolite cushion, and 2mm Prolite top cover are applied, forefoot balanced to rearfoot.
FitFoot360 Foot Model
- Root digital model stored indefinitely → recalled for future pairs
- Root technicians modify the digital shape in real-time: arch, heel, width, postings
- Vacuum formed over CAD/CAM positive model, direct milled or 3D printed Root Frame - replicable, consistent, precise
Real-time control over shape, function, and fit.
FitFoot360 gives Root's technicians complete digital control over every dimension of the orthotic frame - in real time. What once required physical carving and guesswork is now precise, repeatable, and stored permanently for every patient.
Digital positive model
Stored indefinitely. Future pairs, replacements, or modifications can be fabricated from the exact same shape without a new impression.
Real-time shape modification
Root technicians control arch, heel, width, and postings directly in the software.
Every parameter visible
Heel cup depth, frame reinforcement, ray cut-outs, flanges, and more are set per patient, not per template.
Plaster and foam digitisation
Physical models can be digitised for permanent storage. Note: digitising may not perfectly replicate the intimate contours achieved when vacuum forming directly over plaster.
Built to their spec. Built for their foot.
Every parameter of the Basketball device is set to the individual patient. Frame rigidity is calibrated to body weight, and rearfoot posting, heel cup depth, flanges, and covers are all chosen for that patient's anatomy and level of play. Forefoot is balanced to rearfoot and the device is custom congruent to the foot model.
A polypropylene frame calibrated to the patient's body weight, custom congruent to the foot model. Support that holds through jumps, cuts, and pivots.
An intrinsic rearfoot post stabilizes the rearfoot congruent to the patient's foot while keeping the device low enough for a basketball shoe.
Pressed from the patient's calcaneus, the deep 12mm heel cup controls inversion and eversion through landings and lateral cuts.
A soft Myolite arch filler supports the frame and adds shock absorption under the arch during quick, pivoting movements.
Low medial and lateral flanges reduce potentially injurious lateral foot and ankle motion without being overly restricting.
A heel-to-toe Myolite cushion sits beneath the Prolite cover for substantial cushioning across the full length of the device.
Proprietary Prolite padded top cover for moisture control, shock absorption, and cushioning underfoot through a full game.
Suede bottom cover protects the polypropylene shell and seats cleanly on the shoe's footbed.
The full picture.
Everything you need to prescribe the Basketball device.
- Symptomatic feet while playing basketball
- Biomechanical pathology
Recommended for
- Recreational to professional basketball players
- Players with moderate to severe pathology
- Performance enhancement
The Basketball device is designed to accommodate the sport's high impact nature, providing shock absorption and cushioning for repetitive jumping, cutting, faking, and quick, agile movements. A layer of Myolite cushioning beneath the Prolite top cover provides substantial cushioning.
For added support during quick, pivoting movements, this device incorporates a Myolite arch filler and low medial and lateral flanges to reduce potentially injurious lateral foot and ankle motion without being overly restricting. It is designed to replace the sock liner in basketball shoes.
Constructed from a positive model of the patient's foot and modifiable at the practitioner's discretion.
- L3000 (UCB)
- L3010 (longitudinal/metatarsal support)
- L3020 (arch support)
- L5000 (filler)
Based on configuration. For reference only. Final coding and billing are the provider's responsibility.
Delivery Time
- Standard: 2 weeks
- Expedited: Available on request
Designed for impact and lateral control.
The Basketball device pairs a polypropylene shell calibrated to body weight with an intrinsic rearfoot post, delivering functional correction and rearfoot stability while staying low enough for a basketball shoe. A deep 12mm heel cup and low medial and lateral flanges control inversion and eversion of the calcaneus through cuts and pivots.
A 15 Shore A Myolite arch filler, heel-to-toe Myolite cushion, and 2mm Prolite top cover absorb the impact of repetitive jumping, so the device stays comfortable through a full game without giving up support.
The right frame
for the court.
The Basketball device sits on the Performance frame profile, a cushioned, flanged fit
that drops into basketball shoes in place of the sock liner.
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