The 24-year-old had endured three operations in the space of a few weeks – two of which were done on the same day – as his body was put through its end of season service.
"I almost put a print on the couch in front of the TV," Johnson laughed, when he spoke to melbournefc.com.au on Thursday.
"Now, it's going pretty well. I've recovered well from all the operations and now I'm looking forward to getting back into it all."
Johnson underwent a hip operation after the Demons called an end to his season following round 20. Then, he endured an "ankle clean out" and had a metal pin removed from the hand he broke back in round three.
"It was exciting times, squeezing three operations into a couple of weeks. It was manageable – just!" he said.
"I had the ankle and hand on the one day; I went in for the ankle as the first cab off the rank in the morning, and then I went back in and got the hand operated on in the afternoon.
"With the hip, it was what they call a labrum repair, which is basically a hip clean-up – [Carlton ruckman] Matthew Kreuzer went in and had his done not that long ago."
The former Eagle said the hip was the toughest to overcome, with three weeks on crutches and some laborious rehabilitation following the operation.
Even now, he's restricted to just running and won't be able to join in with the main group for at least another few weeks.
"I'm in the rehab group at the moment, working along with the likes of Russell Robertson, Brock McLean and Cameron Bruce – all the boys who have had little niggles - and getting closer to full training every day," he said.
"The hip is a three-month thing, and the surgeon is really happy with it but the club is just putting me on the backburner for a little while just to make sure everything is fine."
The triple-hit of surgeries puts Johnson's career tally to 10, having had five operations on his troublesome shoulder, two on his ankle, two on his hand, and the one on his hip.
The Demon knows constant body maintenance comes with football, and is more than willing to have his hip operated on this year after being told it could become a serious problem if left untreated.
"It is a little bit frustrating, but when you play a contact sport, it's what you tend to get," he said.
"It's not too bad. Nothing was career threatening; everything just had to be cleaned up and ready to go for next year.
"With the hip, it's just wear and tear. The bones calcifies and it has to be reshaped. They reckon it's common and if I didn't touch mine, I would have had to have got a whole hip replacement before I was 30.
"It was best just to go in and get it done now. They reckon it improves speed and kicking, so it was definitely worth doing."
Despite the fact Johnson is currently limited to "boring rehab stuff", he believes he is on track to play a part in the Demons' NAB Cup campaign next year.
