Healthy Spine, a Healthier Life!
Discover the benefits of empowering your spine health with Dr. Evan Johnson’s expert physical therapy care. Our team specializes in spine rehabilitation and works closely with you to restore your mobility, alleviate pain, and improve your overall quality of life.
Dr. Johnson in Action…
Dr. Evan Johnson, Columbia University Medical Center/NewYork Presbyterian Physical Therapist and Professor of Physical Therapy, Rehab Medicine, and Anesthesia.
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Patient Appreciation
“Thanks for your time. I enjoyed our visit. Thanks for lending me the CD. I will play with it. Take care.”
Steve Donohue
Director of Medical Services and Former Head Athletic Trainer for the New York Yankees
"I was coming to accept that the prognosis for recovery from a nerve root injury is decidedly uncertain. But after seeing me walk off and back, Johnson popped up from his stool. 'You’ll be running again,' he told me. 'With time,' he added. He was right.”
Alexandra Horowitz
Author of On Looking, Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes.
"I feel like I hit the jackpot with Dr. Johnson! Working out is important to me and Dr. Johnson has not only helped me heal my injuries but taught me targeted exercises to prevent the injuries from happening again...I have recommended him to many people and they all love him!"
Brigitte Magar
Former Patient
"Evan Johnson is the most skilled and knowledgeable spine physical therapist in the country. His clinical acumen is uncanny and his ability to help people unparalleled."
Dr. William Levine
Frank Stinchfield Chairman of Orthopedic Surgery; New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
"Evan connected me with the right doctors. He knew what I needed and found me the best to work with him."
Constance Halporn
Photographer, Certified Judo Coach
Making of a Spine Physical Therapist: Dr. Evan Johnson
Sure, Dr. Evan Johnson’s background in professional dance is useful for his work as a physical therapist, in all the ways you’d assume. But it’s also useful in a more surprising way. Dr. Johnson has developed a unique career out of his ability to balance many opposites: Academic and physical. Teaching and learning. Theoretical and practical. He uses uncommon strength, suppleness and poise to make that balance look effortless—hallmarks, of course, of a great dancer.
Even as a young adult, before he started dancing, Johnson felt that his most obvious way forward was creating his own path. And that path already balanced academic and physical components. Johnson graduated high school at 17 and traveled around the country doing physical labor: landscaping, digging ditches, installing pipes. “I found myself in that work, to some extent,” he says, “found some peace in a restless youth.” Johnson even lived in a tent on the coast of Maine while building a seawall. “I had some time to reflect on life and do physical labor and read The Odyssey and The Iliad and hang out with birds on these remote islands.”
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