Heel Cup Depth
A deeper heel cup that cradles the fat pad, centers the calcaneus, and improves overall rearfoot control.
Cups and centers the heel
Retains the fat pad
Depth dialed per patient
How it works
A deeper heel cup wraps further up around the calcaneus. It keeps the heel's own fat pad gathered directly beneath the bone, where it works as a shock absorber, and it centers and steadies the calcaneus at contact, improving everything the rearfoot does afterward.
Cup depth is one of the highest-leverage comfort-and-control settings in an orthotic: deeper for control, motion-heavy sport and fat-pad retention; shallower for low-volume shoes.
When to prescribe it
- Heel fat-pad atrophy or displacement
- Heel whipping and unstable contact in runners
- Pediatric flexible flatfoot: control with comfort
- Plantar heel pain needing cushion retention
- Any Rx built on rearfoot corrections that need a stable base
How we build it
Depth is set in millimeters against the patient's scanned heel. The cup follows their actual calcaneal shape, not an average, so a full-depth wrap never means pressure at the rim.
Depth in mm
Follows the scanned heel
Retains the fat pad
Anchors rearfoot corrections