At Prestige PT, we specialise in NDIS-funded strength training for wheelchair users in Gold Coast. Our programs are built specifically around the needs of clients with lower-body paralysis and physical limitations — focusing on functional strength, upper body power, and the kind of independence that changes daily life, not just gym numbers. Every session happens in a private, wheelchair-accessible space designed for you.
NDIS-funded sessions run inside our broader personalised training in Gold Coast programs.
Our NDIS-funded training combines wheelchair-adapted strength programming, customised nutrition plans, and progress tracking with our in-house Evolt 360 body composition scanner — so every gain is measurable, not just felt.
For wheelchair users, upper body and core strength directly translate to daily independence — transfers, propulsion, reach, balance in the chair. Our sessions are programmed around these functional outcomes:
Each program starts with a full assessment of your current physical mechanics, mobility, and limitations. From there, every exercise is adapted, not generalised, to your specific condition.
Our Program is Suited For:
lower-body paralysis, limited mobility, physical injury
Improving strength and power, better coordination and flexibility
within a safe, progressive structure designed by our founder and doctor-endorsed methodology.
Not every physical disability looks the same, some of our clients are wheelchair users, others are rebuilding strength and mobility after an accident or injury changed how their body moves. Whatever the cause, our approach starts the same way: a full assessment of your current physical capability, followed by a program built specifically around your recovery goals — strength, mobility, balance, and confidence in movement again.
Fully wheelchair accessible gym in Bundall
Private, safe, low-sensory environment
no crowded commercial gym floor
Free weight and pin-loaded equipment suited to adaptive training
Progress tracked and reported to your allied health team
Hamish trains with Prestige PT as a wheelchair user with lower-body paralysis. Through a combined program of wheelchair-adapted strength training, nutrition guidance, and structured recovery — in an environment built around his needs — Hamish built the strength and conditioning base that carried him to a win at the Adelaide Wheelchair Rugby competition.
“I’ve noticed that I’m a lot healthier than I was previously and the strength I’ve built has helped me with my day to day activities and getting around, pushing around” – Hamish Cook
Beyond the competition result, Hamish points to changes across his day-to-day life: noticeable strength gains, easier daily activities, and a stronger sense of independence. His partner, Ella, also described “coming out of his shell a lot more” since starting. Crediting not just the training, but he and his partner also praise the community at Prestige PT, where he and his partner feels like they genuinely belong.
At Prestige Personalised Training, our wheelchair strength and rehab programs are designed by National Award-Winning Trainer and Founder, Shawn Maftounian, following the principles of human physiology and adapted specifically for clients with lower-body paralysis and physical disabilities. With over a decade of experience, our approach is trusted by doctors and allied health professionals because it’s grounded in clinical principles — ensuring every wheelchair-adapted session is both effective and sustainable.
Choosing the right support starts with trust. Prestige Personalised Training is a registered NDIS provider in Gold Coast, recognised by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. That means every NDIS-funded personal training session we deliver from our private Bundall gym is held to the national NDIS Practice Standards for safety, quality, and genuine participant care.
As a registered provider, we proudly support both self-managed and plan-managed participants using their Improved Health and Wellbeing and Capacity Building budgets. Our compliant invoicing, service agreements, and detailed progress reports make it simple for you or your plan manager to claim your sessions with total confidence — while our award-winning, doctor-endorsed coaching helps you build real strength, mobility, and independence.
Yes. PrestigePT specialises in NDIS-funded strength training for wheelchair users and clients with lower-body paralysis, for both self-managed and plan-managed participants. Programs focus on functional strength, upper body power, and daily independence in a wheelchair-accessible, private environment.
Our wheelchair strength and rehab programs are clinically designed to manage physical disabilities and lower-body paralysis. Our qualified Exercise Physiologists use evidence-based, wheelchair-adapted movement to safely build functional strength, shoulder stability, and cardiovascular fitness.
Yes, our private Gold Coast gym is fully wheelchair accessible, with free weight and pin-loaded equipment suited to adaptive training, and a calm, low-sensory environment away from crowded commercial gym floors.
Absolutely. Every program starts with a full assessment of your current mobility and physical mechanics. We adapt every exercise to your specific condition — whether that’s lower-body paralysis, limited upper body mobility, or another physical limitation — for safe, effective, pain-free training.
Yes. this is central to how we program. Clients like Hamish report tangible improvements in everyday tasks, transfers, and overall independence as upper body and core strength build over time, alongside improved confidence and wellbeing.
If you’re self-managed or plan-managed, we provide the invoicing and service agreements needed for you or your plan manager to process your Improved Health and Wellbeing or Capacity Building funding.
Yes. Our strength and conditioning programming can be built around adaptive sport goals — including wheelchair rugby — combining strength training, nutrition, and recovery to support performance as well as everyday function.
Our private setting removes the noise, crowds, and inaccessibility of commercial gyms, offering a safe, accessible, one-on-one environment. Plus a genuine sense of community that clients say makes them feel like they belong.
PrestigePT fosters an inclusive fitness community in the Gold Coast by treating every single client with the utmost respect, empathy, and professionalism, regardless of their physical abilities. Our private gym ensures you feel deeply supported, understood, and celebrated as you work toward your physical independence.
Yes. Alongside our wheelchair training programs, we support NDIS participants with accident or injury-related physical disabilities. Every program is built from a full assessment of your current physical capability, and we work alongside your allied health team to keep training aligned with your recovery goals.
