Scottish National Pleated to Stripe

[Riverkilt]

www.zcoil.com

Z Coils. Invented for joggers, turned out to have a huge market for folks with foot, heel, ankle, leg, hip, back pain. I love them because they take away my planter pain and reduce neuromas. The spring cushions the impact when walking or running.

Website has the details.

I came to them when living with a lady who's scolieosis (?) wasn't treated as a child. She's a nurse on her feet all day. Docs where she worked wore them so when we were in the big city she tried them and loved them... and encouraged me to try them. They relieved my foot pain immediatly on one side and in a few weeks on another. I've seen them Rx'd for workman's comp.

G Man is another Z Coil fan I believe.

One of the BIG obstacles for me was wearing BOTH Z Coils and a kilt...amazing how many times when I'm kilted someone walks up and never mentions the kilt but wants to know all about the Z Coils.

I now own nine pair, including a workman's boot with an enclosed heel where the spring doesn't show.

Ron

[Sheep In Wolf's Clothing]

www.zcoil.com

I came to them when living with a lady who's scolieosis (?) wasn't treated as a child.

Ron

Hey me too!!! Now I must try them. Thanks alot Ron for the website!!
Sara

[James MacMillan]

Well that's just cool! The only problem I would see is getting rocks of mud stuck in the coil. So an enclosed version would want to be used for inclement weather.

Nine pair? Are you starting to transfer your kilt fasination over to something else? Really nine pair?

My total shoe count only comes to eight:
Formal black slippers
Canvas walking shoes,
Leather walking shoes, black
Leather walking shoes, brown
Crocs x 2
sandals x 2

When they wear out, I either get them re-soled if possible, or throw them away if not.......... Nine pairs of go-go-gadget-go jumping shoes seems like overkill.

I do have a few pairs of boots, but we are talking shoes here.

Was the lady in question related to Imelda Marcos?

[Jerry]

Well that's just cool! The only problem I would see is getting rocks of mud stuck in the coil. So an enclosed version would want to be used for inclement weather.

Nine pair? Are you starting to transfer your kilt fasination over to something else? Really nine pair?

My total shoe count only comes to eight:
Formal black slippers
Canvas walking shoes,
Leather walking shoes, black
Leather walking shoes, brown
Crocs x 2
sandals x 2

When they wear out, I either get them re-soled if possible, or throw them away if not.......... Nine pairs of go-go-gadget-go jumping shoes seems like overkill.

I do have a few pairs of boots, but we are talking shoes here.

Was the lady in question related to Imelda Marcos?

I actually, since you are not counting boots, have more kilts than I do shoes (8 kilts and 4 pairs of shoes) That doesn't count my sandals which serve more as a pair of slippers. Of course I do have 3 pairs of hunting boots, two pairs of work style boots, 3 pairs of golf shoes, and two pairs of bowling shoes.

[Riverkilt]

Dang,

WhoDey still doesn't have a pic of his Scottish National to the stripe...hate to yank his thread when he's in need...not fair.

Just to get the shoe police interogation over with...yeah, I am an addict...don't much matter if its booze or shoes.

got the original blue and white tennie when that's all Z Coil made
Then have two white tennies - one mesh for summer, one solid for foul weather.
Then same for black - one for heat, one for foul weather (remember it gets over 110 out here and a closed shoe gets toasty.
then they finally came out with a brown...closed, no mesh yet.

And, I hike so I have the grey hiking boot and a brown hiking boot.

And I have the enclosed spring boot.

It takes about thirty seconds to get used to walking in Z Coils. They are flat, not a high heel like a cowboy boot. If I stumble, they give me a second chance to recover - a gift I never expected.

Don't have the mud problem on the springs. Website is best for the curious.

And meantime...lets see if we can find WhoDay his picture. Feeling bad about this unintentional hijack.

Ron

[davedove]

www.zcoil.com

Z Coils. Invented for joggers, turned out to have a huge market for folks with foot, heel, ankle, leg, hip, back pain. I love them because they take away my planter pain and reduce neuromas. The spring cushions the impact when walking or running.

You know Ron, something like that could get you written into a story.

[thescot]

www.zcoil.com

Z Coils. Invented for joggers, turned out to have a huge market for folks with foot, heel, ankle, leg, hip, back pain. I love them because they take away my planter pain and reduce neuromas. The spring cushions the impact when walking or running.
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Ron

Man, I'm going to have to check those out. Few things are worse than that plantar pain, otherwise known as heel spurs.

Thanks for the info.