I'm the creator of the Theragun. Here's a day in my life, starting with a morning mantra and ending with my 3-second trick to fall asleep.
Dr. Jason Wersland, a chiropractor, invented the Theragun while trying to manage his own pain after a motorcycle accident. Therabody This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dr. Jason Wersland , the founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Therabody, who lives in Los Angeles. This story has been edited for length and clarity. On October 17, 2007, I was on the freeway, splitting traffic on my motorcycle. A car came out of nowhere, and I T-boned the side of a Volkswagen Jetta. I woke up on the road. I had a lot of nerve damage in my neck that caused a ton of pain — so much that I couldn't move for two months. The next January, I fell asleep on a plane and couldn't move my neck, so the airline had to call an ambulance. Examining my own pain, I came up with the idea for the Theragun: a device that delivers rapid pulses for a deep-tissue massage at home. By February 2008 — four months after my accident — I developed my first Theragun prototype. Business Insider...
