Jason Wersland

The Companies House record for Therabody UK director Jason Wersland lists his birth as June 1969 and his nationality as American.⁠[1]

He grew up in Utah, the eldest of seven children, with a father from Norway. He recalled learning practical skills through farm life and jobs as a teenager.⁠[2]

Before chiropractic training, he installed and sold carpets and operated a flooring store in Utah. In an interview, he recalled changing careers after setbacks in his marriage and business.⁠[3]

He told The Kara Goldin Show that he moved to Los Angeles in 2000 for chiropractic studies. His professional profile lists Cleveland Chiropractic College of Los Angeles in his education.⁠[4][5]

According to his interview account, he opened a chiropractic practice in Los Angeles while completing some remaining school hours.⁠[4]

Pain after a motorcycle accident prompted him to develop a tool that became the Theragun prototype. USC’s account and his 2023 interview date the accident to 2007, while a 2020 company Q&A says 2008. In a 2025 interview, he dated his first prototype to 2008.⁠[6][4][7][2]

He recalled beginning to use the device with athletes in 2012, followed by rising demand in 2013. He developed five versions between 2008 and 2016.⁠[7]

He partnered with Benjamin Nazarian to launch Theragun commercially, beginning with the G1. The company’s tenth-anniversary account identifies March 14, 2016 as its starting date.⁠[8][9]

The company introduced the G2PRO in 2017 and G3PRO in January 2019. His work included product development, athlete relationships and education on using the devices.⁠[8][4]

US patent 10,557,490 B2, Treatment Element Attachment System, was granted with Wersland among its co-inventors and Theragun, Inc. as assignee. It concerns an attachment structure for a treatment component.⁠[10]

Companies House records his appointment as a director of Therabody UK Limited on March 11, 2020 and resignation from that directorship on February 1, 2022.⁠[1]

The brand became Therabody and introduced its fourth generation of percussive massage devices in May, including PRO, Elite, Prime and mini. Its range subsequently expanded into other recovery and wellness devices.⁠[8][11]

The company announced investment from figures in sports and entertainment, among others. Wersland and Nazarian also received EY’s Entrepreneur Of The Year award for Greater Los Angeles.⁠[12][13]

USC reported that Therabody donated 1,000 Theragun Elite devices to its Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy for students. Wersland’s relationship with Jonathan Sum helped bring about the collaboration.⁠[6]

Therabody announced a $165 million growth equity round led by North Castle Partners, alongside eight product launches. The stated uses included hardware, software, services and content development.⁠[11]

He appeared on Guy Raz’s How I Built This to discuss the journey from a modified power tool to Therabody. Episode 624 runs approximately 71 minutes.⁠[14]

The company’s tenth-anniversary announcement identified him as founder and chief wellness officer, Nazarian as co-founder and executive chairman, and Monty Sharma as CEO and president.⁠[9]

School of Hard Knocks published an approximately 73-minute interview about his prototype, search for investors, invention protection and athlete relationships. Original episode: https://podcast.ausha.co/school-of-hard-knocks-podcast/dr-jason-wersland-how-a-terrible-motorcycle-accident-led-to-the-invention-of-theragun (opens in a new window).⁠[15]

In How I Built This, he discussed marrying in 1997 and later divorcing, and recalled rebuilding his career while raising two children.⁠[3]

His personal X account is https://x.com/DrJasonWersland (opens in a new window). His YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry channel, https://www.youtube.com/@drjasonwersland (opens in a new window), carries founder stories and interviews; his verified Instagram profile directly links to its founder-story video.⁠[16][17][18][19]