PT + Strava?
Strava added “Physical Therapy” as an official activity type and I genuinely can’t decide if this is a great idea or an extremely weird one?
On one hand…
rehab finally counts as “doing something.”
A lot of people still think:
“If I’m not drenched in sweat or being yelled at by a fitness influencer named Jaxson… it doesn’t count.”
But recovery IS training sometimes.
And honestly, if people can track rehab the same way they track runs or rides, they might actually stick with it longer.
Humans love tracking things:
steps,
sleep,
heart rate,
calories,
their emotional decline, etc.
BUT…
the internet already struggles to separate:
“my PT gave me this rehab plan”
from
“a shirtless guy named FlexDaddy420 told me to walk backwards carrying kettlebells.”
And once rehab enters Strava culture, we are approximately 3 weeks away from someone posting:
“Just hit a PR on my rotator cuff protocol 💪🔥”
Also:
logging rehab does not automatically improve rehab.
Your hamstring does not heal faster because it got 14 kudos.
Probably.
Curious where people land on this.
Good move or weird move?
Will you be prompting patients to use this feature?