recovery tracker · free calculator · premium read
When can I drive again?
Steady is a post-surgery recovery tracker built on published research. That research is real — it's just scattered across thousands of studies written for specialists. Steady reads it, keeps what's actually measured, and lays it out plainly. Pick your procedure, surgery date and current pain, and see where you stand and when the milestones that matter actually come back — with the studies behind each one.
Your recovery curve
ACL reconstruction · post-op week 8
Day one
Start with a cited recovery path, not a blank log.
30 seconds
Voice or text check-in, no long symptom form.
Patterns later
Findings unlock once enough days add up.
the free calculator
Three questions. One read.
Procedure, surgery date, current pain — that's everything it needs to place you on the curve. No long symptom questionnaire, no waiting for an answer.
milestones
Start against the milestones the literature can support.
From day one you see the usual protocol checkpoints for your surgery — off crutches, back to driving, running, return to sport — and roughly where you sit against them. A cited path, not a blank log.
the full tracker · steady plus
Thousands of studies, read for you — every week.
The calculator gives you today's read. The full tracker keeps reading the literature as your recovery moves: your recent pain against the published pain band each week, your milestones as they land, and patterns as the days add up — every line linked to its study.
week 8
This week
When things come back
free to start · plus when you're ready
The calculator answers today. The tracker walks every week with you.
free
The calculator
A one-time read of where you stand.
- Where you sit on the typical curve
- The milestones for your procedure
- When each one usually comes back
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Every week of your recovery
Tracked against the evidence — not a blank log.
- Everything in the calculator, kept current
- A week-by-week read — what's typical now, and what's next
- Your recent pain against the published pain band, each week
- Your milestones — driving, running, sport — checked off as you reach them
- A 30-second daily check-in, with patterns as the days add up
- Every read linked to the study behind it
Start free with the calculator — upgrade to the tracker whenever you're ready.
start free
See where your pain sits today.
The calculator is free. The full tracker maps every week of your recovery — $99 a year or $14.99 a month.
30 seconds to your first read.
also on iphone
Benchmarks cited from published studies. Your data stays yours — export or delete anytime.
in plain terms
How Steady works
The free calculator
Steady answers one question: how does my pain compare with published data for my procedure and week? The free calculator takes three inputs — your procedure, your surgery date, and your current pain — and shows them against data from published studies. You see the usual pain level for your week, the milestones that tend to come back around now, and the research behind each figure.
The data behind it
Every number on this site is read from a peer-reviewed study or a published rehab protocol, and links to it. Where the literature reports nothing, Steady leaves a gap. Where a study prints no range, Steady estimates one and labels it as an estimate. The full dataset — every pain point and milestone across the recovery data index — is public and free to quote with a link back.
The full tracker
The full tracker adds a 30-second daily check-in. Each week it places your recent pain against the published pain band, marks your milestones as they land, and surfaces patterns once enough days add up. The calculator is free; the tracker costs $99 a year or $14.99 a month, on the web and on iPhone. Read more about Steady.