What's This Shoe All About?: Changing People's Lives and Much More!

By Alvaro Gallegos

At first glance, the Z-Coil shoe often strikes some people as some kind of gimmick, but this unique line of pain relief footwear is steadily gaining favor with both foot care specialists and regular customers, who have benefited from the technology involved in making this footwear.

The shoe

• Language: English
• Publisher: Rustik Haws LLC
• Release date: Jul 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781649341341

Alvaro Gallegos

Born: 1931, Del Norte, Colorado Graduated High School: 1949 Attended Regis College for two years Entered US Air Force in 1951: received wings in 1953 Served as a fighter pilot for five years Discharged from the US Air Force in 1958 Entered retail business in 1959 Started running long distance in 1969 Designed running shoe with spring in 1984 Started Z-Tech with son, Andres, in 1993 Running TODAY because of the Z-Coil shoe! "There is so much confusion about what makes a good shoe. This book should answer some problems, and for some, may further confuse the issue." Alvaro Z. Gallegos

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What’s This Shoe All About? by Alvaro Z. Gallegos

This book is written to provide information and motivation to readers. Its purpose isn’t to render any type of psychological, legal, or professional advice of any kind. The content is the sole opinion and expression of the author, and not necessarily that of the publisher.

Copyright © 2020 by Alvaro Z. Gallegos

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ISBN: 978-1-64934-080-1 (Paperback)

ISBN: 978-1-64934-134-1 (E-book)

Printed in the United States of America

Rustik Haws LLC

100 S. Ashley Drive, Suite 600

Tampa, FL 33602

https://www.rustikhaws.com/

FORWARD

America is deeply afflicted by a pandemic of pain. The scourge of debilitating discomfit of the foot, ankle, knee, leg, hip and back is multi-factorial. On a daily basis, a whopping 70 percent of the population of the United States suffers from at least one of these areas of pain, and, not uncommonly more than one.

The aging process is often the scapegoat for these discomfits. Others shift the blame to their participation in athletics. All Gallegos believes that pain is not an inevitable consequence of living and should be solved rather than rationalized. We can all accept transient discomfits, but should not be burdened by chronic and disabling suffering.

Al has been a competitive runner for thirty years, and has worked in the shoe industry for forty-three years. When foot and leg pain threatened to sideline him, he began to seek solutions. He spent many years trying to understand what caused the problems that he and so many others were experiencing daily. He consulted with podiatrists, orthopedists, physical medicine specialists, and orthotists and read treatises on related subjects. He experimented with many different solution options, and proudly, always