The Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute, located at 28th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis, 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:

Several Minnesota hospitals owned by Allina Hospitals & Clinics, including:

• Abbott Northwestern Hospital
  Abbott Northwestern Hospital
  Abbott Northwestern Hospital is a 627 bed teaching and specialty hospital based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the largest not-for-profit hospital in the Twin Cities and a part of the Allina network of hospitals and clinics...
  
   in Minneapolis;
• Buffalo Hospital
  Buffalo Hospital
  Buffalo Hospital is a not-for-profit regional medical center located on the western edge of the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Buffalo, Minnesota. Buffalo Hospital is part of the Allina health care system. Each year the hospital provides comprehensive, patient centered care to over 55,000...
  
   in Buffalo;
• Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minnesota)
  Mercy Hospital (Coon Rapids, Minnesota)
  Mercy Hospital, located in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, is a 271-bed non-profit hospital that serves the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Mercy Hospital is part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics health care system. Mercy offers specialty services including behavioral health, cancer care, heart and...
  
  ;
• Owatonna Hospital
  Owatonna Hospital
  Owatonna Hospital is a non-profit regional medical center in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States that serves patients in and around Steele County, Minnesota. Owatonna Hospital provides a full range of inpatient, outpatient and emergency care services, as well as home and palliative care and hospice...
  
   in Owatonna;
• United Hospital
  United Hospital
  United Hospital, located in St. Paul, Minnesota, is a 556 bed non-profit hospital that serves Saint Paul, Minnesota and the eastern Twin Cities metropolitan area. United Hospital is part of Allina Hospitals & Clinics and offers specialty services including pregnancy care, birth center, behavioral...
  
   in St. Paul;
• Unity Hospital in Fridley;
• many community-based Sister Kenny Sports & Physical Therapy Centers located throughout the Twin Cities metro area