Wattbikes for the inflexible

Joined a gym recently to help with my rehab from a suspected herniated disc. I joined for the swimming pool, gym equipment and yoga classes, but noticed they have Wattbikes.

I remember years ago when I was in rehab for another suspected herniated disc, I attended some spin classes and just raised the handlebars to shopper bike height, but not so with the Wattbike, in fact, I can’t even raise the handlebars to the same (relative to saddle) height as I have on my normal road bike!

Wattbike website isn’t very clear, there’s certainly no longer handlebar piece that I can see to make the bars higher, so has anyone else found a solution? It seems a shame to have such a useful resource available but not to be able to use it…

Thanks