Dr David Johnson

Dr David Johnson is a Brain and Spinal Neurosurgeon based in Australia with a passion for Comprehensive Spine Pain Management. He is the co-founder of several medical centers and clinics, including Sunshine Spine Multidisciplinary Clinic, Neurostimulation Pain Surgery Clinic and Functional Movement Training Centers in Queensland. The latter provides the exclusive NeuroHAB Movement Therapy Program to treat low back pain, combining Spine Surgery, Pain Surgery, Musculoskeletal Medicine, Pain Medicine, Movement Therapy, and Fundamental Dietary Support. Movement therapy is integral to Dr Johnson's practice as he believes that low back pain is a symptom of the poorly treated primary disease of Movement Deficiency Related Low Back Pain. Therefore, to successfully treat the spinal disease, it is imperative to adopt a tandem approach that includes conventional surgical and non-surgical therapies of Pain Symptom Management.

Dr Johnson's surgical interests are in complex and minimally invasive Spinal Surgery and the latest technology spinal cord and peripheral nerve neuro-stimulation techniques. He is also keen on keyhole advances in Lateral approach spine surgery for the spine and the sacro-iliac joint, which typically represents a challenging back pain cohort, often responding poorly to physical therapy and pain management. The doctor has worked in Queensland Public Tertiary Hospitals for almost two decades and has been a member of the Medical Advisory Committees for the Health Ombudsmen. Dr Johnson also provides advice to the Australian Prosthetics Device Committee.

In conclusion, Dr Johnson is an accomplished Neurosurgeon with an interest in Comprehensive Spine Pain Management, particularly the role of movement therapy in treating low back pain. He is a pioneer in the research of Movement Dysfunction and its links to symptomatic spinal degeneration, which is critical to understanding his approach. Consequently, he adopts a tandem approach to address the root cause of spinal diseases while managing pain symptoms through surgical and non-surgical therapies.