Garmin & Therabody Poised to Revolutionize Recovery
The two tech powerhouses have teamed to make recovery recommendations highly personal and data-informed, beginning with the Theragun
What if you were notified it was in your best interest to log some percussive therapy time before even reaching for your Therabody Theragun?
In what could be called a match made in health and recovery data heaven, Garmin and Therabody have joined forces to take recovery tech to the next level, combining Garmin’s expertise in health data with Therabody’s premium recovery products. While it’s widely recognized that recovery enhances human performance, the two wellness tech leaders are set to deliver data-driven, hyper-personalized recommendations—starting with Coach by Therabody.
“We are excited to collaborate with Therabody to help athletes of all levels perform – and recover – at their best,” Garmin vice president of global consumer marketing Susan Lyman said. “By providing athletes with these tools, they can make more informed training decisions and, in turn, work to take their performance to the next level.”
Coach by Therabody, which lives within the Therabody app and is in beta, analyzes health and activity data collected by Garmin smartwatches and other platforms (like Apple, Google and Strava) and provides users with expert-created personalized recovery recommendations. Moreover, the data is connected and can inform Therabody recovery products, offering helpful reminders and recommendations that promote optimal performance and wellness. The first product to receive the advanced integration is the Therabody Theragun, with additional Therabody products expected to follow.
It’s a highly advanced system, and as Therabody CMO John Solomon underscores, the wellness tech company is on a mission to leverage AI to advance recovery and human performance.
“Therabody is not doing AI for AI’s sake,” Solomon, a speaker at this week’s CES 2025, explained. “As with all our products, we looked at how AI could solve a problem for our consumers. And over time, feeding it with the rich data from Garmin will allow us to really understand how recovery impacts performance at a scale that’s not been achievable until now.”
Therabody has a vast suite of products, including RecoveryAir Jet Boots, SmartGoggles that offer heated eye and temple massage, RecoveryTherm Back and TheraFace Pro.
“To be able to combine Garmin’s best-in-class health and activity data with Therabody’s excellent recovery routines will provide uniquely personalized recovery recommendations that are not available with any other wearable integration today,” Therabody president and CEO Monty Sharma said. “Even better, we will work together to understand and improve performance for athletes of all kinds.”
For Garmin, the partnership highlights the company’s broader strategy as an ecosystem player.
“When you look at the breadth of our wearable products, the breadth of our data, and the ease of integration – we’re agnostic between iOS and Android – we really are the best company (to work with),” Scott Burgett, senior director of Garmin Health Engineering, told Athletech News last fall at the 10th annual Garmin Health Summit.