APPLE VALLEY, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A new Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Center will open January 16 at the Apple Valley Medical Center, located at 14655 Galaxie Avenue in Apple Valley. It replaces Integrated Medical Rehabilitation (IMR), whose contract expired at the end of 2011.
“We are proud to welcome the Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Center to our facility,” said Mike Foley, Administrator and Chief Operating Officer of the Apple Valley Medical Clinic, one of the other providers at the center. “We know they will offer our patients and the community high quality rehabilitation services and complement the wide range of health care services already available at the Apple Valley Medical Center.”
Ryan Smith will transfer from the Sister Kenny location in Cottage Grove to become the Apple Valley Site Coordinator for the new facility. Sister Kenny has also hired a number of former IMR therapists in order to maintain consistency for patients.
Services offered by the Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Center at the new Apple Valley facility will include:
- Sports/orthopedic physical therapy
- Hand therapy
- Lymphedema therapy
- Pelvic pain/incontinence therapy
- RunSMART program with video analysis
- TMJ therapy
- Vestibular therapy
- Workplace health and rehabilitation
- AlterG® Anti-Gravity Treadmill
“Sister Kenny therapists provide their patients with one-to-one care and individualized exercise programs,” said Patrick Tarnowski, Director, Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. “We work closely with referring physicians and choose treatment protocols based on clinical best practice standards to ensure the best results for each patient.”
Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute is part of Allina Hospitals and Clinics and is a leading rehabilitation provider in the region, providing care at nine Allina hospitals. Outpatient care is provided at more than 20 sites of Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Center.
The Apple Valley Medical Center (www.applevalleymedicalcenter.com) contains several health care services. The Apple Valley Medical Clinic is an independent family medicine practice that includes 14 family medicine physicians, serving patients from 8 am to 8 pm, five days a week. The Apple Valley Medical Center also houses a 24-hour Urgent Care and more than 30 specialty physicians seeing patients through the United Specialty Center. Specialists on the campus provide services in allergy; cardiology; colon and rectal surgery; dermatology; ear, nose and throat; general surgery; low back & neck care; neurology; neurosurgery; ob/gyn; ophthalmology; orthopedics; plastic surgery; podiatry; pulmonary care and urology. The center also includes United Medical Imaging for digital mammography, ultrasound, CT and MRI scans; Clinical Skin Therapeutics for cosmetic skin care; Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Center for physical medicine and rehabilitation; and the full-service Apple Valley Pharmacy.
Sue Haberle, 763-550-0101
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