Figure Skating
Built for choreographed skating and ice dancing. A thin polypropylene frame increases the contact area of the foot and aligns the body in a neutral position, finished narrow with a shallow heel cup so it fits inside any skate boot without adding bulk.
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Built for the boot: more contact, neutral alignment.
The Figure Skating device is designed for figure skaters of all ability levels. It increases the contact area of the foot and aligns the body in a neutral position, and can be fit to any skate boot.
Inside a stiff, close-fitting boot every millimetre matters. A thin polypropylene frame, a narrow finish, and a shallow heel cup deliver alignment without bulk or heel slippage. Built congruent to the skater's own foot model, not an average.
Stock or custom skate boots
Fits any skate boot, including custom-fit boots with custom-aligned blades.
Narrow finish, shallow heel cup
The frame is finished narrowly to ensure proper fit, and a 6mm heel cup keeps the overall profile low while avoiding heel slippage.
Durability without bulk
A genuine glove-leather top cover provides durability and protection while staying thin inside the boot.
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 Figure Skating 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 Figure Skating 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.
- Figure Skating frame fabricated - the thin polypropylene shell is pressed over the positive model with a 6mm heel cup and a polypropylene rearfoot post, then finished narrow. A 1.5mm Plastazote extension, a 1mm glove-leather top cover, and a 0.6mm suede bottom cover are applied, forefoot balanced to rearfoot. No frame filler.
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 Figure Skating device is set to the individual patient. Frame thickness, finish width, heel cup depth, and covers are chosen for that skater's anatomy and boot. Forefoot is balanced to rearfoot and the device is custom congruent to the foot model.
A thin polypropylene frame, custom congruent to the foot model, aligning the body in a neutral position with no added bulk.
A polypropylene rearfoot post keeps the rearfoot stable without raising the foot inside a close-fitting boot.
A shallow 6mm heel cup keeps the overall profile low and avoids heel slippage in the boot.
The basic frame is finished narrowly to ensure proper fit inside a stock or custom skate boot.
Taken from the patient's own foot model, increasing the contact area of the foot rather than loading a few points.
A thin Plastazote extension carries the device forward under the forefoot with minimal volume.
Genuine glove leather provides durability and protection at a thickness the boot can accept.
Suede bottom cover protects the polypropylene shell and seats cleanly on the shoe's footbed.
The full picture.
Everything you need to prescribe the Figure Skating device.
- Symptomatic feet while figure skating
- Biomechanical pathology
Recommended for
- Beginner to professional figure skaters
- Stock or custom skate boots
- Custom blade alignment
- Figure skaters with moderate to advanced pathology
- Performance enhancement
The Figure Skating device is designed for figure skaters of all ability levels. This device increases the contact area of the foot and aligns the body in a neutral position. It can be fit to any skate boot, including custom-fit boots with custom-aligned blades. It features a thin polypropylene frame and a genuine glove-leather top cover to provide durability and protection without adding bulk.
The basic frame is finished narrowly to ensure proper fit, and a shallow heel cup keeps the overall profile low and avoids heel slippage.
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 contact area and neutral alignment.
The Figure Skating device pairs a thin polypropylene shell with a polypropylene rearfoot post and a shallow 6mm heel cup. Increasing the contact area of the foot is what lets the body be held in a neutral position inside a rigid boot.
A narrow finish ensures proper fit, a 1.5mm Plastazote extension carries the device forward, and a 1mm glove-leather top cover adds durability without volume, so the device works with stock boots and with custom-aligned blades alike.
The right frame
for the boot.
The Figure Skating device sits on the Performance frame profile, finished narrow
and low so it fits stock and custom skate boots.
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