ISS 2026 Course: Maintaining Posture by Providing Movement

Join OT Michelle Lange for "Maintaining Posture by Providing Movement" for wheelchair users at the ISS 2026 Virtual International Seating Symposium.

Date/Time

Feb. 25, 2026 at 8am

Description

A primary goal of wheelchair seating is to maintain the client’s optimal seated posture. As many clients extend against typically static surfaces and move within the seating system, posture is often lost, and the client needs to be repositioned. For clients with increased muscle tone, large and forceful movements, or rocking tendencies, contact is lost between the client’s body and the seating surfaces, resulting in suboptimal positions, such as a posterior pelvic tilt, when extension or movement ceases. While perhaps counterintuitive, providing movement within the seating system, using Dynamic Seating, can allow client movement and return their body to a neutral seated position. This course will dive deep into exactly how clients lose optimal posture within their seating systems and how to maintain posture through movement.

Learning Objectives

The participant will be able to:

1. Identify 3 factors which lead to loss of position within a wheelchair seating system.
2. Describe how Dynamic Seating can successfully return a client to their optimal seated posture, despite large and forceful movement.
3. List 3 specific Dynamic Seating product features that help maintain client posture.

Presenter

Michelle L. Lange, OTR/L, ATP/SMS

Presenter Bio

Michelle Lange is an occupational therapist with over 38 years of experience and has been in private practice, Access to Independence, for over 19 years. She is a well-respected lecturer, both nationally and internationally, and has authored numerous texts, chapters, and articles. She is the co-editor of Seating and Wheeled Mobility: a clinical resource guide (1st & 2nd eds). Michelle is a RESNA Fellow and member of the Clinician Task Force. Michelle is a RESNA certified ATP and SMS.