New  rehabilitation center set to open January 16.

Apple Valley, Minn. – January 3, 2012 – 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.

Originally aired on 10/28/10 K.A.R.E-TV