A Simple Footwear Concept is Changing Lives for Thousands of People in Pain

(I-Newswire) April 22, 2005 - Stafford, VA – "I suffer with a disability known as 'dropped foot.' This is a result of a ruptured disc in my lower back, which has since been removed, but has left me with some lasting nerve and muscle damage, the worst of it being dropped foot on my left side," says Stafford resident Susan Rogers.

"It is jarring and painful and adversely affects everything from heel to ankle, knee, hip, and lower back. Chronic pain becomes a constant companion, and walking becomes an activity I want to do as little as possible, to avoid the pain," Susan adds. "When I do walk, I must focus on each step to try to lessen the pain. I cannot walk along absent-mindedly, like most people do, or I will come down harder on the left side. Even with concentration, I could not avoid the limp and some pain, and after 10 years of this, I had developed a chronic pain in my left hip that kept me awake at night."

Dropped foot can be caused by a number of conditions; however the results for many people are the same … chronic pain. Thousands of people suffer from this condition as well as many other foot, leg, hip and knee problems that cause daily pain.

For Susan, the relief didn't come until she found Z-CoiL® Pain Relief Footwear™, which helped improve her mobility and stability on her left side. Before that, she had tried shoe after shoe with no luck.

"I would buy good running shoes, the ones with the most cushioning in the heel that I could find, and wear them until the cushion in the left shoe was mashed down from the pounding it had taken," Susan says. "The shoes would last two months at the most. I also own every gel and cushion insole out there."

Z-CoiL® footwear is designed to help reduce impact to the body, thus helping to decrease pain. The footwear design melds a full-length orthotic, superior forefoot cushioning, and a shock-reduction coil in the heel. Customers report pain relief, following years of suffering from plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, arthritis, sciatica and lower back pain.

Susan says her Z-CoiL® shoes have made a wonderful difference for her, "Because I can actually walk without so much effort, and with the pain factor reduced to virtually nil, I wear no other kinds of shoes. They're on my feet from the time I get up until the time I go to bed.

"No, these shoes are not a cure for foot drop; I still cannot run, jump, skip, or dance, even when wearing them-but what I CAN do is walk with a barely perceptible, if even noticeable at all, limp.
I can walk with surprisingly more balance, including on uneven surfaces like gravel," Susan adds. "Most importantly, I can walk with FAR less pain, which means that I can walk more, even somewhat faster, and be on my feet longer."

Z-CoiL® footwear is available at nearly 200 distributors nationwide and in limited areas of Canada and Mexico. Custom fittings in the footwear are required from trained Z-CoiL® distributors. For more information about the footwear, call 800.268.6239 or visit the company's website at www.zcoil.com.



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