Our team in Zug and Cham: trainers and therapists who love and live sport

Sport has been part of my life since I was a child and I tried just about everything. At 14 I discovered triathlon and stayed with it for more than ten years, seven of them in the Swiss national team. When my career ended I stopped training altogether and started a family. Three years without sport and two pregnancies left their mark. I felt restless, out of balance and empty, and I knew something had to change. So I started moving again, in small doses, no longer at elite level but with the fun back in it.

The joy came back quickly, and my body and my mind changed with it. That joy made me curious. I tried new training methods, kept learning and went deeper into the subject. In 2015 I started the training to become a certified personal trainer and completed it in spring 2016. Since 1 January 2017 my classes have been QualiCert certified, so with the right supplementary insurance you can claim prevention contributions from your health insurer.

Sport has been my passion since childhood, and ice hockey above all. In 21 years as a professional I spent countless hours in the weights room and learned a great deal there. It fascinated me so much that I began training in strength and athletic conditioning alongside hockey. Today my passion next to the game is helping people become fitter, healthier and stronger.

Ice hockey caught me early. I spent countless hours on the ice and found my passion there, in the mix of strength, speed and full concentration. Elite sport is a school for life, and win and loss sit close together. After 17 professional years, four Swiss championship titles and several appearances for the national team I had to admit that the years and ten knee operations had left their mark. Carrying on was no longer possible.

After my competitive career I trained further in the fitness field. Today I use that long experience to guide our clients to their goals.

I am Helen Wäspe and I have worked as a sports physiotherapist, coach and class instructor for more than 20 years. My fascination with the human body and what it can do is what gets me going every day. Years in outpatient therapy have taught me how to guide people back into their everyday lives.

I have also worked in competitive sport, with the FC Luzern youth academy, with dancers of the Lucerne Theatre and with the national rowing team, so I know what elite sport demands. I am at home in conservative and post-operative aftercare for a wide range of conditions and work closely with doctors in central Switzerland. Let us work on your goals together.

I am Simone Waser, and sport has been my thing since kindergarten. Straight after grammar school I followed that and began my first degree in sport, movement and health. It gave me more than knowledge about how movement and wellbeing connect, it deepened my fascination with what the human body can achieve. I finished my bachelor in 2021 and went straight on to train as a physiotherapist at Bern University of Applied Sciences. That is where I learned how much it matters to support people on their way to better health and mobility. Developing individual approaches that fit the person in front of me is what I enjoy most.

I firmly believe that everyone has the potential to reach their physical goals and live an active life. I want to share my enthusiasm for movement and health and walk that road with you. I am looking forward to working on your health and your fitness together.

I have been a physiotherapist and rehab trainer since 2009. Helping people become strong, mobile and resilient again after an injury or an operation is what drives me. I bring a lot of experience in aftercare and rehabilitation for all kinds of injuries and surgery. On top of my physiotherapy training I qualified as a conditioning coach, for an approach that goes beyond classic therapy. With me there is not only passive treatment but active training that moves you forward and prevents the next injury.

My experience as medical support in competitive sport, in handball and street hockey at NLA level and in the national team, flows straight into my work. Practical, focused and with a feel for what the body is being asked to do. Privately it is the same, movement simply belongs. Whether I am active myself or watching from the stands, I like being in the middle of it. Movement is medicine, I am convinced of that. I am looking forward to sharing that with you and working on your goals.

Tamara teaches school in Steinhausen and was one of our first clients. After five years of training at ARB Fitness we convinced her to join us as a trainer. Those five years mean she knows exactly how we work, and we trained her in house. She has been with us part time since summer 2021 and is adding external qualifications this year.

With her open, cheerful and helpful manner, Tamara is an asset to the team and to our clients.

Sonja trained in retail and has worked in a range of industries, sport among them. Most recently she ran several businesses in Davos. After many years in the mountains, sport and movement are simply part of her day.

With more than 20 years of professional experience behind her, Sonja added a qualification as a Madero therapist. At ARB she runs the nutrition shop.

Sport has been part of my life for many years, from handball to CrossFit to strength and endurance training. I know both sides: ambitious goals, and the frustration when an injury or an operation suddenly sets the pace. That taught me that recovery is not a break from progress but part of it. After a varied career path I turned my fascination with the human body into my profession. My training and several years in a physiotherapy practice showed me how closely treatment, physiotherapy and training work together.

My focus is on complaints of the musculoskeletal system and everywhere that recovery, rehabilitation and resilience come together. I do not work to a template. I listen and adapt the treatment to your situation and your goals. Depending on what I find I work with sports massage, classic massage, trigger point therapy, nerve mobilisation or manual lymphatic drainage. What matters to me is that you leave not only treated but understood. Progress is teamwork and needs your willingness to take part. Together we work on your next step towards quality of life.