Garrison
KevinRoot Medical's military-specific device for day-to-day office and on-base activities - a Subortholene frame that fits easily into most military and paramilitary style boots.
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Built for the base, the office, and everyday duty.
The Garrison device was designed specifically for military and paramilitary personnel in day-to-day office and on-base activities. This device fits easily into most military and paramilitary style boots, providing dependable support through long hours on duty.
On the base. Built for the day-to-day office and on-base activities that make up the majority of a service member's time - for field training exercises, see M1 Field.
Military & paramilitary boots
Fits easily into most military and paramilitary style boots for daily wear.
Day-to-day office & on-base duty
Everyday support for administrative, garrison, and other on-base assignments.
Training the body for efficient biomechanics
Improves ligament and muscle function through consistent daily wear, built on MASS positioning theory.
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 Garrison 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 Garrison 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.
- Garrison frame fabricated - the Subortholene shell is vacuum formed over the positive model. A 0.75mm Protex top cover and 0.6mm suede bottom 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 Garrison device is set to the individual patient - frame flexibility, 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.
A durable, flexible frame material that can be modified to accommodate the patient's individual foot flexibility and weight - fitting easily into most military and paramilitary style boots.
An intrinsic rearfoot post keeps the profile low for dress and duty boots while stabilizing the rearfoot congruent to the patient's foot.
Pressed from the patient's calcaneus, the 10mm heel cup controls inversion and eversion through everyday wear.
A clean functional shell with no filler - keeping the device low-profile so it seats correctly in a dress or duty boot.
A thin Protex top cover adds moisture control and comfort without adding bulk to the boot.
Suede bottom cover protects the Subortholene shell and seats cleanly on the boot's footbed.
A clean functional shell terminating at the metatarsal heads, keeping the device low-profile in dress and duty boots.
The full picture.
Everything you need to prescribe the Garrison device.
- Bone deformity
- Foot deformity
- Arthritis
- Musculoskeletal pathology
- Lower extremity pathology
- Poor posture
Recommended for
- Service members engaging in day-to-day on base or office activities
- Training the body for efficient biomechanics
The Garrison device was designed specifically for military and paramilitary personnel in day-to-day office and on-base activities (for on-base field training exercises, see M1 Field). This device fits easily into most military and paramilitary style boots.
Developed on the principles of MASS (Maximum Arch Subtalar Supination) positioning theory, this device improves ligament and muscle function in the foot, which in turn improves biomechanical functioning. Made with a Subortholene frame, and the shell flexibility can be modified to best accommodate the patient's individual foot flexibility and weight.
Optimized using a foam impression casting technique that captures the patient's highest possible arch profile. 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 on MASS positioning theory.
The Garrison device pairs a Subortholene frame with an intrinsic rearfoot post and a 10mm heel cup - controlling inversion and eversion of the calcaneus through everyday duty. Developed on the principles of MASS (Maximum Arch Subtalar Supination) positioning theory, the device improves ligament and muscle function in the foot, which in turn improves biomechanical functioning.
The shell flexibility can be modified to best accommodate the patient's individual foot flexibility and weight, while the thin 0.75mm Protex top cover keeps the device comfortable through long hours in a dress or duty boot.
The right frame
for the base.
Garrison sits on the Dress frame profile - a narrow, low-profile fit
built for military and paramilitary style boots worn day to day.
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