Strava Acquires Injury Prevention App, Recover Athletics
Athletes now have access to a breadth of injury prevention resources included in their Strava subscription.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2024 /CNW/ -- Strava, the leading social platform for athletes and the largest sports community in the world, today announced the acquisition of Recover Athletics, the prehab app for runners. The acquisition gives all Strava subscribers access to Recover Athletics content including personalized prehab and injury prevention exercise plans.
This acquisition is a milestone for Strava as it continues to invest in enriching the athlete experience. Injury is a pervasive problem in the running community. Studies find that up to 79% of runners sustain some form of injury each year. Recover Athletics, founded in 2018 by Nick Kafker and Nick Stewart, has helped thousands of runners dramatically reduce the risk of injury by creating personalized exercise routines based on training and soreness data. Recover collaborated with physicians and physical therapists from Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Mass General Brigham in Boston to build their content library and algorithms. These algorithms match runners with evidence-based exercises to help them stay injury-free.
Recover Athletics addresses a fundamental problem for athletes and provides an avenue to avoid painful periods of injury in order to help people keep doing the sports they love, said Michael Horvath, CEO of Strava. We're thrilled to have Recover Athletics join Strava. Their solution adds tremendous value to our subscription and supports athletes in every phase of their journey through sport.
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