Problem

Adapted addresses the gap between athletes’ desire to train consistently and the recurring injuries, mobility limitations, and underlying weaknesses that interrupt training. The pain is both physical and economic: its founder describes physical therapy as requiring hours away from work, costing about $200 per out-of-pocket visit, and often relying on generic exercises that treat the immediate injury rather than the weakness that caused it. The core use case is an athlete—such as a runner with ankle instability, a lifter with shoulder or elbow pain, or a tactical athlete preparing for selection—who wants a practical way to rehabilitate, maintain vulnerable areas, and reduce injury risk.

The company focuses especially on “prehab,” preventive work performed before an injury occurs. That positions Adapted for athletes who may not currently be injured but want targeted mobility, stability, flexibility, and strength work based on the movement demands and common injury patterns of their sport, rather than a one-size-fits-all routine.

Product / Service

Adapted is a consumer iOS app positioned as an AI physical therapist for athletes. Users provide their sport, training load, goals, injury history, and problem areas; the app then generates an evidence-based program tailored to their body and training demands. After each session, user feedback causes the program to progress, regress, or shift focus, while the app explains what each exercise targets and why it was selected. Sessions are generally 10–15 minutes and mostly require no equipment, making them easy to add before or after regular training.

The delivery model is freemium mobile software with an Adapted Pro subscription listed at $8.99 per month or $39.99 per year. The product combines guided mobility, flexibility, strength, stability, recovery, and breathwork sessions, aiming to help users train harder, recover faster, and remain consistent. Adapted explicitly says it is not a replacement for medical care or physical therapy, so its strongest positioning is as an accessible supplement to professional care and an ongoing maintenance tool.

Market

Adapted competes at the intersection of AI-enabled digital physical therapy, sports fitness, mobility, recovery, and injury prevention. Its closest alternatives include virtual MSK-care platforms such as Hinge Health, which provides app-based exercise and virtual physical therapy with care-team support, and Physitrack’s PhysiApp, which tracks prescribed exercise performance, adherence, and outcomes. Those services are more clinically and provider-oriented, while Adapted is aimed directly at consumers and athletes seeking personalized prehab and performance support. It also encounters broader competition from fitness and AI-coaching apps, although the company differentiates itself through sport-specific injury history and adaptive prehab programming.

The company appears to be an early commercial launch rather than a scaled health platform. Y Combinator lists Adapted as an active Winter 2024 company founded in 2024 with a two-person team, and Product Hunt records a 2026 launch with 131 points and a #9 day rank. The app is live on iOS; its website advertises more than 1,000 athletes and a 4.6/5 global rating, while the App Store shows 90 ratings averaging 4.8. LinkedIn also says NCAA Division I sprinters and cross-country athletes are using it. The public materials reviewed do not disclose revenue or funding, but the paid subscription and user ratings indicate early monetization and adoption rather than an entirely pre-launch product.