The Comeback · for iPhone
Know what to expect after surgery, one day at a time.
A daily companion for the months after rotator cuff repair, ACL reconstruction, or an Achilles tendon rupture. One card a day, keyed to your surgery date: what recovery typically feels like right now, what tends to come next, and what's worth asking about at your next appointment.
No credit card. No account. One email when it's live, and nothing else.
Pick a surgery date. See the road ahead.
This is the Map from the app, drawn from the same timelines the app ships. Choose the procedure and the date, and it shows where today falls and what the months ahead hold.
Day ranges are the windows the app uses, drawn from published rehabilitation protocols. They are general windows, not a prediction for you, and your surgeon's schedule is the one that counts. In the app the first two phases are open to everyone; the one-time purchase opens the rest of the road.
How it works
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Enter your surgery date.
Plus the one or two surgical details that change the timeline — the kind of thing on your discharge sheet. Not sure about one? There is an “I'm not sure” answer for each, and the card tells you what to ask your surgeon.
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Read one card a day.
At a time you choose, one short card: what tends to be happening now, the window most people are in, and what would be worth raising with your surgeon or physical therapist. No streaks. No homework.
Day 12 · Protect · Rotator cuff repair
Stiff right now is the expected state. What matters is the direction it moves over months.
Stiffness after this surgery is expected: the arm is deliberately still, the joint is healing, and lost motion right now is part of the protected phase, not evidence of a complication. Today, stiff is simply what protected looks like.
If the freezing-up worry is loud, don't test the shoulder against it — write it down as a question for your next visit instead. The answer you need is theirs, not a stretch's.
Real copy from the rotator cuff timeline, excerpted.
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See the months ahead.
The Map lays out the phases and milestones between today and the end of the year, so the next stretch is never a surprise and the questions for your next appointment are already in front of you.
Where the content comes from
Every card is educational content synthesized from published rehabilitation protocols and peer-reviewed studies, and every statement in it traces to a source you can read. Where the published programs disagree — and on sling time, brace schedules, and first-shower timing they disagree by weeks — the card says so and defers to your surgeon. Read the references.
Informational only — not medical advice. Your surgeon and PT lead your care.
What this is, and what it isn't
This is
- A daily narrative of what recovery after your surgery typically feels like, and when.
- A map of the phases and milestones between surgery and the end of the year.
- Written for someone getting back to work, sleep, and ordinary life — whatever else you are getting back to.
- Private. No account, no sign-in, no analytics. Your photos and your record stay on your phone.
This isn't
- Medical advice, or a medical device. It describes the general timeline. It doesn't diagnose, and it doesn't make decisions about your care — your surgeon and physical therapist do.
- An exercise program. No workouts, no reps, no measuring.
- A subscription. You buy it once.
- A tracker. No streaks, no daily photo prompts, nothing to keep up with.
One price, once
$59.99, one-time. No subscription. Nothing renews.
The daily card is free forever. The one-time purchase opens the Map — the whole road ahead, phase by phase, for the whole recovery. About one or two physical-therapy copays.
Get it when it lands
Coming to the App Store — Fall 2026.
Vallecito Labs is a one-person software company in Portland, Oregon. Questions or press: support@vallecitolabs.com, or read the press kit. The Comeback is educational content synthesized from published rehabilitation protocols. It is not medical advice and it is not a medical device. Timelines are general windows, not personal predictions. Always follow your surgeon's and physical therapist's instructions.