Sister Kenny Institute

Sister Kenny^® Rehabilitation Institute is the leading rehabilitation provider in the region. The Institute is named after Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian woman trained in nursing (the title "Sister" is used in British countries to designate a head nurse). Elizabeth Kenny's work with polio patients and her pioneering principles of muscle rehabilitation helped lay the foundation for modern physical therapy.

The original Sister Kenny Institute opened in December 1942 in Minneapolis. Today, the Institute provides rehabilitative services to treat any short- and long-term condition or disability at five Minnesota hospitals owned by Allina Hospitals & Clinics (Abbott Northwestern Hospital, United Hospital, Unity Hospital, Mercy Hospital, and Buffalo Hospital) and many community-based Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Centers located throughout the Twin Cities metro area.

More than 70,000 patients receive care at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute each year.