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What did your body
say today?
A daily check-in for your body during long recoveries. Speak or type — short as a thought, long as you need. We listen, structure your words into a clean page, and surface the patterns your physical therapist actually wants to see.
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the amnesia of pain
In a flare, the pain feels endless. You can't remember a morning without it.
On a good day, you forget the bad ones — and that's when you push too hard, and the bad ones come back.
Steady remembers both — the days your body held, and the days it didn't. So in a flare, you don't lose hope. And on a good day, you don't lose your head.
how it works
01
Speak or type.
Tell us about today: what your body tolerated, how it reacted, what's on your mind for tomorrow. One prompt, no forms. As short as a sentence, as long as you need.
02
Steady listens.
Your words get transcribed and structured into capacity, response, and intent. Multiple updates a day merge into one synthesis.
03
Look back. Share.
A month in, patterns surface. A summary for your physical therapist writes itself. The shape of your recovery, in your own voice.
a page from steady
What today looks like, day 47 of hip recovery.
tue · 05 may
day 47 / rehab
state
Flare
note
Last 4 flares have each been shorter than the one before.
Capacity
walked 30 min, easy elliptical, PT session
Response
mild hip flare late afternoon, woke up tight
Intent
swim instead of elliptical, ice tonight
for your physical therapist
Your physical therapist wants a pain diary.
Steady is the one they get.
Every physical therapist asks the same thing: "Keep a diary." Almost no one does — too tedious, too easy to skip, too hard to summarize at the next appointment.
Steady writes the diary for you. Tap once, get a clinical summary of the last 7 / 14 / 30 days. Send it to your physical therapist before your appointment so you both walk in with the same picture.
summary · 14 days
apr 22 — may 5
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Mostly stable, 4 flares in 14 days (avg 3.5d, decreasing).
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Walking tolerance up week-over-week (22 → 41 min/day).
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PT sessions tolerated; days after PT trend stable.
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Aggravators noted: bike, stairs, prolonged sitting.
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11 days since last flare. Typical gap: 8–10 days.
ready to send to your physical therapist
share →patterns surface
What you couldn't see day-to-day, after weeks of data.
flare duration
Each of your last 4 flares has been shorter than the one before.
walking
You've roughly doubled your daily walking time over four weeks.
also
After PT, 6 of your last 8 days were stable or better the day after.
6/8It's been 11 days since your last flare. Typical gap: 8–10 days.
11dbrowse your story
Every day you wrote something, kept exactly as you said it.
may 2026
tue
05
flare
mild hip flare late afternoon, woke up tight
mon
04
flare
rough morning, easier evening
sun
03
signal
long walk, slight discomfort by hour 2
sat
02
stable
PT went well, swam 20 min
fri
01
stable
easy day, walked 35 min
milestone — first elliptical
what steady is not
Not a coach.
We don't tell you what to do. We tell you what you said. Decisions are yours and your physical therapist's, not an algorithm's.
Not gamified.
No streaks. No badges. No shame days. Recovery is not a game and your bad days don't deserve a red X.
Not a clinic.
No diagnosis. No prescriptions. No advice. Your own daily words, structured cleanly so your physical therapist can read them in seconds.
Not generic wellness.
Built for people coming back from real injury — hip arthroscopy, ACL, shoulder. Not for marathon training. Not for hydration habits.
who it's for
Anyone whose recovery is measured in months — not workouts.
Today: post-surgical rehab, sports injury, long-haul healing. Soon: chronic conditions, mental health episodes, anything that cycles.
questions
What if I miss a day?
Nothing. No streaks, no shame. Pick up tomorrow.
Voice or text?
Both. Most people speak — it's faster and more honest. Steady transcribes it for you.
Is this medical advice?
No. Steady is a notebook, not a clinician. We don't diagnose, prescribe, or coach. We mirror your own words back to you.
What about my data?
Your story is yours. Stored in your private account, exportable any time, never sold. Cancel and delete on demand.
Why not Apple Health, Notes, or a journal?
Apple Health doesn't capture what you said. Notes don't structure or surface patterns. Journals don't give you back the shape of your recovery over months. Steady does all three — and shares it with your physical therapist in one tap.
tonight
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steady · observation log