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[Star Tribune, May 4, 2012] Dr. Nancy Hutchison knows that there’s life after cancer. But many survivors continue to struggle with the side effects of treatment after it’s over: swelling, limited motion, severe weakness and fatigue. Now, Sister Kenny is trying to change that with a new program in Minnesota and western Wisconsin. In April, [...]

[Twelve News, posted April 19, 2012] Twice a week, Lance Ellingson hits the gym. His workout is usually just a couple minutes walking on a treadmill. But it’s better than the alternative. “I’ve been sitting around for two months doing nothing,” he said. “And it’s like I couldn’t wait to walk again.” That’s because Ellingson [...]

[KARE 11, April 17, 2012] Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute’s(SKRI) 49th Annual International Art Show by Artists with Disabilities features more than 300 pieces of art produced by more than 170 artists. All art is for sale through May 11, 2012. 75% of the sale price, established by artist, benefits the artist. The balance supports programs [...]

[KSTP-TV, April 12, 2012] It’s art that does more than please the eye: it heals. Thursday is opening night for the 49th Annual International Art Show for Artists with Disabilities, put on by the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minneapolis. It features work by artists from across the globe with a wide range of disabilities.  Everything [...]

[MedCity News, March 28, 2012] The fear of sports injury is the ever-present, though less-focused-on, reality that plagues tournaments like March Madness, especially players who play the most games — the Final Four. But now, new treatments and new rehab tools are being developed to manage injuries like patellar tendonitis or perform anterior cruciate ligament [...]

[WCCO-TV, Feb. 29, 2012] It’s not quite the way he envisioned, but Jack Jablonski is headed to the Class AA Boys State Hockey Tournament next week. The 16-year-old was at Mariucci Arena Wednesday night as his Benilde-St. Margaret’s Red Knights beat Minnetonka 5-1 in the Section 6AA Championship game. WCCO met Jack as he was [...]

[Star Tribune, February 27, 2012] Brendan Loney can’t move his legs, but once a week, he sure does run. “I’m trying to stay as fit as I can,” the former hockey player said, “and hopefully be a good contestant when they do come up with something.” “We used to always say we’re working around this [...]

[Sports Illustrated, February 27, 2012] After the hit that left Jack Jablonski paralyzed, the state of Minnesota rewrote its high school rules, but one hockey mom still agonizes over the choices she—and every parent in her position—has to make. Jack is a patient at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute. Read the latest story at sportsillustrated.cnn.com.

[St.LouisParkPatch, February 9, 2012] It’s Sunday evening, and Jack Jablonski is hosting a Super Bowl party. Of course, the locale isn’t exactly what Jablonski would have in mind.  The 16-year-old sophomore, who was severely injured by a hit he took in a game on Dec. 30, is at the Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in Minneapolis. [...]

[KARE-TV, February 5, 2012] Like many of his 16-year-old classmates Jack Jablonski is learning to drive. Thursday he took his first trip through the halls of Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute in his motorized wheelchair. He displayed the usual student driver anxiety, but significantly, his left hand was running the controls. It ranked as one of [...]

[WCCO-AM, Jan. 24, 2012] Tuesday is Jack Jablonski’s first full day at his new rehabilitation center. The 16-year-old Benilde-St. Margaret’s sophomore left the Hennepin County Medical Center Monday to begin rehab at Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Doctors couldn’t give us any specific details on what challenges Jablonski would be facing directly, [...]

[KMSP Fox 9, Jan. 2, 2011] A Twin Cities high school hockey player suffered a neck injury in a game that has severely damaged his spinal cord and left him partially paralyzed. Fox 9 News talked with Dr. Murali Krishnamurthy at Allina’s Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute about how such an injury happens and what modern [...]