Prehab, the digital health company founded by three Doctors of Physical Therapy, today announced the launch of a completely rebuilt Prehab Pro platform — its first major update since 2019 — designed to serve as the clinical infrastructure for the future of hybrid physical therapy.
The platform combines asynchronous patient care tools with synchronous clinician workflows in a single system, addressing a gap no existing home exercise program (HEP) platform has filled. While competitors built from the clinic side, Prehab spent a decade mastering patient engagement, amassing behavioral data, UX insights, and compliance infrastructure that clinical-first tools cannot replicate.
“People shouldn’t have to wait until they’re injured to take care of their bodies,” said Michael Lau, DPT, CEO and Co-Founder of Prehab. “We started as a content brand, grew to millions of followers, and built a direct-to-consumer app. But thousands of patients were coming to us looking for clinical care, and there was nowhere connected to send them. Prehab Professional changes that.”
Platform Highlights:
The rebuilt Prehab Professional platform includes a redesigned program builder that lets clinicians create and assign custom exercise programs in a fraction of the time, intelligent exercise search with smart filtering by body region and goal, bulk patient management from a single dashboard, and an integrated patient portal where patients access their programs directly through the Prehab consumer app.
By the Numbers:
Prehab Professional has grown to over 56,000 monthly patient portal users, 6,000+ clinicians using the platform, and 4,000+ exercise videos curated in 4K. The product maintains a 90% retention rate, 60%+ year-over-year growth, and a social media following of more than 3 million — all with zero venture capital raised.
Trusted Across Healthcare:
Prehab Professional is used by programs and clinicians at the University of Kansas Health System, UT San Antonio Department of Orthopaedics, University of Colorado Sports Medicine, UNC Football Sports Medicine, Princeton University, Boston University, University of South Florida, Canadian Sports Institute Ontario, GCU Athletics, Santa Clara Athletics, and others.
The company is an APTA Digital Health Pledge signatory, ORCA-vetted, and part of the APTA Digital Health Formulary. Prehab has been bootstrapped for 10 years with a team of 20+ full-time employees.
What Clinicians Are Saying:
“We work in fire rescue and have to create a lot of high level programming for rehab and training. We’ve tried other coaching apps and have always been disappointed in the variety of exercises available, poor exercise explanation, or just a clunky platform.” — Alison Heartman, Physical Therapist
“We utilize the instructional videos the most, pulling exercises specific to each player from the video library. This improves compliance and ensures players perform exercises correctly, even during the offseason or when they are home on break.” — Penn State Football Medical Staff
Prehab is a digital health company founded by three Doctors of Physical Therapy with a mission to help people move better and stay active for life. What began as an educational content brand grew into a direct-to-consumer app with 12,000+ active subscribers and a social media audience of 3M+ followers. Prehab Professional, the company’s clinical platform, serves 6,000+ clinicians across health systems, universities, and private practices. Prehab also operates cash-based physical therapy clinics. The company has been entirely bootstrapped for 10 years with zero venture capital raised. Learn more at theprehabguys.com.
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