Cushion Plus
Extended comfort for long wear — the functional support of a rigid frame with 6mm of Myolite padding for a soft, maximum-cushioned feel, built congruent to the foot.
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Built for long hours and maximum cushioning.
The Cushion Plus delivers the functional, biomechanical support of a rigid-frame orthotic — the Pro Sport skeleton — then loads 6mm of Myolite padding for the soft, cushioned feel of an accommodative device. Ideal for patients who spend long hours on their feet, are sensitive to corrective orthotics, or have fat-pad atrophy.
Support and softness. A rigid functional frame carries 6mm of Myolite cushioning — built congruent to the patient's own foot model, not an average.
Extra-depth shoes with removable insoles
The ample cushioning takes up room in the shoe, so it seats best in footwear with a removable insole and extra depth.
Long hours on the feet
Maximum cushioning suits patients who stand or walk for long hours and want comfort without losing support.
Sensitive feet & fat-pad atrophy
Ideal for patients sensitive to the invasiveness of corrective orthotics, or with fat-pad atrophy needing extra padding.
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 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 Cushion Plus 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 Cushion Plus 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.
- Cushion Plus frame fabricated — the polypropylene Pro Sport skeleton is vacuum formed over the positive model, then loaded with 6mm of Myolite padding. A 3mm Spenco top cover, full-length Myolite extension, and suede bottom cover are applied with an extrinsic rearfoot post, 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 Cushion Plus is set to the individual patient — frame rigidity, rearfoot posting, heel cup depth, and covers are all chosen for that patient's anatomy, weight, and activity demands. Forefoot is balanced to rearfoot and the device is custom congruent to the foot model.
The rigid Pro Sport polypropylene skeleton calibrated to patient weight — full functional and biomechanical support beneath the cushioning.
Soft Myolite loaded through the device — 6mm of padding total for a maximum-cushioned, accommodative feel over a functional frame.
Extrinsic EVA rearfoot post congruent to the patient's foot for rearfoot stability — customizable to intrinsic on request.
Pressed directly from the patient's calcaneus, the heel cup fits their heel precisely — controlling their specific degree of inversion and eversion.
A cushioned 3mm Spenco top cover adds comfort and moisture control underfoot for long wear.
A full-length 3mm Myolite extension carries soft cushioning from heel to toe for all-day comfort.
Suede bottom cover protects the polypropylene frame and seats cleanly on the shoe's footbed across shoe environments.
The full picture.
Everything you need to prescribe the Cushion Plus.
- Bone deformity
- Foot deformity
- Arthritis
- Musculoskeletal pathology
- Lower extremity pathology
- Poor posture
Recommended for
- Shoes with removable insoles and extra depth
- Active lifestyle patients
- Maximum cushion needs
The Cushion Plus delivers the functional and biomechanical support of a rigid-frame orthotic, then adds 6mm of padding to simulate the comfortable, cushioned feel of an accommodative device. It is built on the Pro Sport skeleton and loaded with Myolite for a soft, maximum-cushioned feel.
Ideal for patients who spend long hours on their feet, are more sensitive to the invasiveness of corrective orthotics, or have fat-pad atrophy. Recommended for shoes with removable insoles, since the cushioning takes up room — and customizable to an intrinsic rearfoot post, metatarsal length, or thinner padding. Built 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
Rigid-frame support with a cushioned feel.
The Cushion Plus pairs the rigid Pro Sport polypropylene frame with a 55–65 Shore A EVA extrinsic rearfoot post — full functional and biomechanical support beneath the padding. The 12mm heel cup controls inversion and eversion of the calcaneus, stabilizing the foot at the subtalar joint through the gait cycle.
Over that frame, 6mm of Myolite padding and a full-length extension simulate the soft, cushioned feel of an accommodative device — offloading sensitive feet and fat-pad atrophy while preserving the correction of a functional orthotic.
The right frame
for maximum cushion.
Cushion Plus sits on the Performance frame profile — a functional frame loaded with 6mm of padding
for extended comfort in extra-depth footwear.
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