The Rehabilitation Medicine Group
Don’t let age, illness, disease or injury stop you leading a life worth living
With knowledge, motivation, exercise and strategies
You can reduce pain, improve fitness, improve functional ability and improve your enjoyment of life
COMMON REHABILITATION CONDITIONS

Complex chronic (persistent) pain
Any pain condition can become more complex and complicated by a cascade of events including mood disorders, fatigue, sleep dysfunction and additional medical conditions. Conditions such as fibromyalgia, complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS), neuropathic pain including radiculopathy and nerve palsy, chronic fatigue syndrome and central sensitization syndromes tend to always involve complexity.

Post-surgical pain
It is normal to have some pain immediately after surgery, but for most people, this resolves over 3 – 6 weeks. Pain persisting after 12 weeks requires a different approach to treatment and rehabilitation to improve outcomes. Persistent post-surgical Pain is common after spinal surgery, orthopedic surgery (knee and hip replacements) and thoracic surgery.

Spinal pain

Musculoskeletal pain
We regularly treat people with unresolved pain following fracture and those with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder), osteoarthritis involving the shoulder, knee and hip, inflammatory arthritis such as rheumatoid and psoriatic arthritis, tendinopathies and muscle pain. Many musculoskeletal pains arise from sports injuries and our Specialist in Sports and Exercise Medicine Dr Kal Fried has extensive experience in management of these. We don’t just manage joints or tendons, but the whole person to get the results you need.

Pain and function in older adults
Chronic pain rates in the community increase as we age due to changes in our musculoskeletal and nervous systems with arthritis and injury. Pain can lead to a reduced ability to exercise resulting in reduced fitness, strength and balance. This can result in a reduced ability to perform activities and risks further falls, injury and loss of independence.

Neurological disease
We manage the physical, psychological and activity limiting aspects of Parkinson’s disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome, peripheral neuropathy, radiculopathy and acquired brain injury. This includes the management of pain, spasticity, hand and upper limb impairments, walking and balance problems.

Cancer
We treat people to minimize the effects from cancer or its treatment (such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy).This includes pain management, fatigue, deconditioning (including muscle weakness, loss of balance, reduced fitness), loss of confidence and changes to mood.
About the Group
The Rehabilitation Medicine Group was founded in 2013 by Dr Nathan Johns to provide a new private and personalised approach to the rehabilitation of pain and disability resulting from disease, injury or illness. The 3 blue rings of our insignia represent education, exercise and strategies – the core of rehabilitation medicine.
In April 2023, Dr Nathan Johns, Dr Kal Fried, Dr Leah Levy and Mr Darren Lau joined Brighton Sports and Spinal Clinic and continue to consult and provide specialist pain and rehabilitation treatment there.
Dr Nathan Johns remains the medical director of the Rehabilitation Medicine Group and is completing his PhD entitled Redesigning rehabilitation to treat persistent post-surgical pain. It is due for completion in May 2025.

To make an appointment to see Dr Nathan Johns
T: (03) 9596 7211
F: (03) 9596 7871
E: reception@brightonspinal.com.au
The Rehabilitation Medicine Group
441 Bay Street Brighton, Victoria, 3186
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