Rehabilitation begins with understanding
Recovery improves when you understand your condition and actively participate in rehabilitation
Effective rehabilitation has three essential elements
Education
For understanding pain, purpose and the rehabilitation process
Exercise
To reduce pain and improve movement, fitness, function and activity
Strategies
Practical skills to reduce barriers and enable full participation in rehabilitation
The Rehabilitation Medicine Group is an Australian company dedicated to improving rehabilitation through education, research and evidence-based rehabilitation programs.
We develop educational resources, professional education and rehabilitation programs translated from rehabilitation medicine, clinical practice and research.
Our aim is to help patients and healthcare professionals build the knowledge, confidence and practical skills to enable more people to effectively participate in rehabilitation.
Founded by Dr Nathan Johns
MBBS FAFRM (RACP) PhD
Rehabilitation Medicine Physician | Clinician | Educator | Researcher
Pain Rehabilitation
Educational resources designed to help people better understand persistent pain, recovery and participation in rehabilitation.
Our Programs
Kneed for persistent pain after knee replacement and Spined for back pain
For Clinicians
Professional education, rehabilitation frameworks, leadership and research for rehabilitation clinicians.
About The Rehabilitation Medicine Group
The Rehabilitation Medicine Group was founded in 2013 by Dr Nathan Johns, a specialist Rehabilitation Medicine Physician. Dr Johns has over 25 years of clinical rehabilitation, education and leadership exerience and founded The RMG to advance rehabilitation program development, research end education.
In 2025, Dr Johns completed his PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) entitled “Redesigning rehabilitation to treat persistent post-surgical pain” at Monash University, Australia. This research led to Kneed, an evidence-based online rehabilitation program for persistent pain after knee replacement, which was evaluated in a pilot randomised controlled trial. The trial was published here in the medical journal Clinical Rehabilitation.
Translating rehabilitation research into practical educational and rehabilitation programs sits at the heart of The RMG. Our programs are designed to improve rehabilitation knowledge and skills for both patients and clinicians to maximise patient health, function and quality of life.
