recovery tracker · free calculator · premium read
When can I drive again?
Recovery 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 pain against the normal band week by week, the milestones measured against your own data, and patterns as the days add up — every line linked to its study.
week 8
This week
When things come back
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The calculator answers today. The tracker walks every week with you.
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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 pain charted against the normal band over time
- 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.
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See your position on the curve 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 rehab protocols. Your data stays yours — export or delete anytime.
in plain terms
How Steady works
The free calculator
Steady answers one question: where am I against the typical recovery path for my procedure? The free calculator takes three inputs — your procedure, your surgery date, and your current pain — and places you on a curve built 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 says so instead of estimating. The full dataset — every measured 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. It follows your own recovery against the benchmark week by week, 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.