Changing People’s Lives with Pain Relief Footwear is the Z-CoiL motto, and our mission. Our ultimate goal is to bring relief to everyone, everywhere, who suffers from foot, leg, or back pain.
It all started when Alvaro Z. Gallegos, an avid runner, began to experience a great deal of knee and back pain. Al realized that he needed some sort of protection against this type of pain and injury, so he embarked on a journey to develop a shoe that would not only cushion the shock of impact to his body, but could also be adjusted to compensate for other foot, leg and back problems. After many years of research and experimentation, Al created Z-CoiL® footwear—and found he had launched a whole new Pain Relief Footwear™ industry.
In no time, the Z-CoiL Footwear company Al founded began to expand rapidly. Independent Z-CoiL® dealers were opening their own stores around the country, most of them devoted customers eager to bring to others the same amazing pain relief they had experienced themselves.
It was because of the special pain-relieving properties of Z-CoiL® footwear, in fact, and the importance of achieving a personalized fit, that the company chose to sell its shoes only through dedicated retail stores by authorized Z-CoiL® dealers who were trained in our custom-fitting process.
Ultimately, Z-CoiL Footwear also made the decision to franchise its retail stores in order to increase awareness of the Z-CoiL® brand, as well as improve operational consistency throughout our distribution network. Many of our existing dealers have since adopted our unique franchise model, while enthusiastic new franchisees continue to open additional Z-CoiL® Pain Relief Footwear™ stores. We now have over 150 distributors in 40 states, as well as Canada and Puerto Rico, and that number is steadily growing.
Al Gallegos’ persistence and his determination to bring Pain Relief Footwear™ to the world has inspired many of our distributors to join the Z-CoiL family. We hope you will join us in our quest to build a business that changes people’s lives.