Strava has added Physical Therapy as a dedicated activity type, the company announced on April 30, 2026. Its 195 million users can now record PT sessions the same way they log workouts, putting rehab work on the same feed as long runs and race efforts.
Physical Therapy joins more than 50 existing activity types on the platform, including yoga, strength training, and pilates. The addition sits alongside two other recovery-focused features Strava has rolled out in recent years. The first is the Recover Athletics app, which is built around mobility, strength, and resilience training. The second is Recovery activity tags, which let users mark lighter or restorative sessions rather than logging them as full workouts.
For most runners, an injury means weeks or months away from the activities that usually fill a Strava feed. A stress fracture can take six to eight weeks to heal, and other common injuries like Achilles tendonitis often require months of structured rehab. The new option gives athletes a way to keep showing up on the platform during that stretch instead of going dark while they work through their recovery plan.
The change also nudges against a long-running concern that Strava can encourage unhealthy training habits by rewarding only the hardest efforts. Giving rehab its own slot signals that lighter, restorative work counts too.
“The balance between activity, recovery and rehabilitation is built into the Strava product, to motivate our users safely,” said Matt Salazar, Strava’s Chief Product Officer. “It’s as hard, if not harder, to come back from an injury. With the launch of Physical Therapy, athletes can say ‘I showed up today, I did the work, and I’m still moving forward.'”
Salazar said the company sees rehab work as worth celebrating in its own right. “Building oneself back from injury is as meaningful of an achievement as setting a new PR.”
The move adds another tool to Strava’s effort to capture prevention, treatment, and recovery alongside performance data. It also follows other recent additions, including a feature that lets users fundraise through their runs, as the platform continues expanding past its core role as a workout log.
Strava reaches active users in more than 185 countries. The company says the change reflects an effort to capture the full picture of how people train and care for their bodies, not only the parts that make it to race day. For runners, that may mean treating durability work and recovery sessions as part of training rather than as a footnote.
