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Cyclone Mobility & Fitness was founded in November 1989 by Stuart Dunne. With an educational background in engineering, Stuart had set his sights on a career in the RAF until he sustained a C6/7 spinal injury resulting from a car accident. Diagnosed tetraplegic, Stuart was hospitalised for five months, during which time he started training as an accountant.
As a full-time wheelchair user following his injury, Stuart believed that his engineering and commercial know-how would enable him to design and market a far better and lighter chair than the standard NHS wheelchair which he described as “like pushing a Sherman tank around”.
Today, Cyclone’s range of wheelchairs encompasses budget, everyday and sports wheelchairs. All chairs are hand-made on-site using premium materials and fine-tolerance construction methods, each one manufactured to the customer’s precise specifications and dimensions. The company also distributes motorised and standing chairs as well as gym, fitness and advanced therapy equipment.
The company is committed to maintaining a personal touch and being ‘big enough to cope; small enough to care’. Cyclone’s dedicated sales team is based on the road and delivers demonstration equipment directly to customers’ homes, enabling them to trial the products in their own environment. Service and support back-up is also provided on-site by a travelling engineer and Cyclone offers a free-to-call technical hotline in case of any queries.
Cyclone’s core focus has traditionally been the spinally-injured end user but the company is diversifying into secondary markets including multiple sclerosis and spina bifida. Cyclone nevertheless remains committed to the spinal injury sector and is a leader in the emerging and promising field of Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES).
The company was the first in the UK to market an FES therapy product, developed in conjunction with the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Cyclone remains an exclusive distributor of RT electrical stimulation products and believes that this is a significant area in the future treatment of spinal injuries. |
