Keen to rebuild her life and regain her independence after the accident, Jane began skiing in 2005, before embarking upon a Paralympic ski racing career which saw her scoop several medals and join Team GB for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
In 2011, she approached Cyclone Technologies in a bid to improve her general health, circulation and range of motion by using the company?s specialist Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) cycling therapy. After working with Cyclone for around a year, Jane received a call from the company?s founder, Stuart Dunne, who told her about a new alternative mobility solution to the wheelchair, ReWalk.
After only four days of training, Jane is now able to stand, ascend and descend stairs and walk indoors and outdoors on mown grass, ramps and up curbs. The ReWalk has provided Jane with a level of independence that she never thought possible, as she explains?
?The ReWalk is fantastic, and it?s such an amazing feeling to be standing for the first time in five years, and walking for the first time in nine years. Recently, I?ve had a number of hip problems, meaning that I stayed away from using support bars to help me stand, but the ReWalk provides me with all the support and balance I need to get around comfortably. ReWalk has already given me more independence than I could have imagined, and it feels incredible to be so tall!
?After experiencing a number of injuries in recent years, I am moving away from ski racing and focusing on instructing new racers. I really see this, along with my progress with the ReWalk, as the next step in my life and I couldn?t be happier.?
Dave Hawkins, Managing Director at Cyclone Technologies, said:
?The ReWalk has already made a massive difference in people?s lives, and we?re so pleased to be providing and training people to use a product which can help individuals with lower-limb disabilities improve their health and fitness levels, and regain their independence.
?With her incredible drive, courage and determination to succeed, Jane has made some fantastic progress already and we?re thrilled to see how much she?s enjoying her training. It?s really inspiring to work with people like Jane, who are living proof that enjoying an active life isn?t constrained by spinal cord injury. We come across a lot of remarkable people and, in Jane, I genuinely believe that she can achieve anything she wants to.?
Invented by the Israeli entrepreneur, Dr. Amit Goffer, who became a quadriplegic in 1998, ReWalk provides individuals with user-initiated mobility through the integration of a light wearable brace support, a computer-based control system and motion sensors. By a shift in the wearer?s balance, the sensors recognise a change in position and trigger the desired knee or hip movement to take a step forward, making ?walking? relatively easy for the user.
There are two models of the ReWalk ? the ?I? and ?P? model. The ?personal? or ?P? model is intended for daily use by individuals with lower-limb disabilities such as spinal cord injury (SCI) and spina bifida, following training with Cyclone. The ?I? model of the ReWalk is currently available for training and therapy purposes within ?institutions? such as an SCI centre or a dedicated medical facility.
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