Sister Kenny Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation (CORe)

Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute's CORe, or comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation program, offers a full spectrum of services to improve individuals' quality of life and help them achieve their personal best.

Evidence-based treatments are designed to enhance the function and independence of every patient served. CORe therapists treat individuals with impairments or limitations due to the following conditions:

• stroke
• brain injury

A doctor's referral is needed to make a first appointment.

Call 612-262-7979
or 1-888-519-0014.

Complete this form before your first visit:

• Patient intake questionnaire
• spinal cord injury
• neurological disorders
• cancer
• lymphedema
• lower extremity amputation
• cerebral palsy or other pediatric conditions
• movement disorders such as Parkinson's disease
• orthopedic conditions

Comprehensive, coordinated care

A CORe treatment plan includes multiple therapies, ensuring patients receive an integrated and individualized treatment plan that is continuously monitored and updated across all disciplines.

Therapies may include:

• occupational therapy for improving daily living skills and cognitive abilities
• physical therapy to improve skills such as walking, joint movement, muscle development, transfers and balance
• speech-language pathology to improve communication, eating, swallowing and cognitive abilities
• lymphedema therapy to reduce swelling and scar tissue and improve range of motion and strength in arms or legs
• psychology services to help patients and families cope with emotional, behavioral and intellectual changes following an injury or illness and address plans for the future.

Specialty programs and services

Individuals served at Sister Kenny benefit from our investment in a wide array of specialty services including:

• advanced computer-based rehab technology
• aquatic therapy
• balance and vestibular rehabilitation
• brain injury program
• cancer rehabilitation
• driving assessments
• dysphagia evaluation and treatment, including VitalStim®
• edema, lymphedema management
• incontinence and pelvic pain
• LSVT Big and Loud™
• spinal cord rehabilitation
• stroke rehabilitation
• voice clinic
• wheelchair seating clinic
• wound care

Support groups

Support groups offer patients and families an opportunity to meet others dealing with a similar condition.

Socializing and exchanging information and resources helps with the challenges ahead. Sister Kenny support groups offer ongoing education and informative speakers for:

• aphasia
• brain injury
• stroke

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