Solving Postural Problems: Achieving Balance in Wheelchair Seating (Brisbane)

Join us for an engaging and insightful workshop designed specifically for therapists looking to enhance their expertise in wheelchair seating and positioning. This session explores how to strike the right balance when managing the competing priorities of postural alignment, comfort, pressure, and function. You’ll develop an understanding of the application of clinical reasoning when supporting active wheelchair users, paediatric clients, and individuals with complex postural asymmetries, including those with cerebral palsy and neurological conditions. 

Led by experienced professionals in the field, this workshop combines evidence-based practice with real-world case studies. You’ll gain the practical knowledge and understanding of suitable products to optimise wheelchair seating outcomes for your clients. You’ll get hands-on with modular seating systems designed to address postural asymmetries to advanced pressure management technologies, and understand how to customise them to support optimal positioning and comfort. You’ll come away with the knowledge needed to help you deliver individualised solutions that enhance both clinical outcomes and user satisfaction.

Meet the Presenters: 

Kate Pain (GTK) 

Kate comes from an occupational therapy background, with two decades of experience in varied settings, specialising in wheelchair seating and positioning. She finds the evolution of power wheelchair alternate drive technology fascinating, and looks forward to exciting innovations becoming more readily available in power wheelchairs.

Kate really enjoys appointments with children who are trying out a wheelchair for the first time. She loves seeing the excitement in their eyes as they move independently for the first time – it’s contagious!

Kate also enjoys working with adults trialling a wheelchair for the first time, who have a lifetime of limiting perceptions about using a wheelchair, who then realise that the right equipment can amplify their abilities and enjoyment of life.

Megan Ransley (Rolapal)

Megan Ransley is a highly experienced Wheelchair and Seating Specialist with over 15 years of expertise in clinical practice, rehabilitation, and custom seating. She holds a Bachelor of Physiotherapy from the University of Otago and a Postgraduate Certificate in Postural Management of Complex Disability from Oxford Brookes University. 

Megan is skilled in anatomical, postural, functional, and mobility assessments and is passionate about translating these complex concepts into practical, engaging education for clinicians. With a hands-on approach, she helps professionals bridge the gap between clinical reasoning and product application, ensuring they have the knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions.

She thrives on making clinical education interactive and accessible, helping clinicians understand not just the “what” but the “why” behind effective equipment selection and prescription.