New Physio Gym in Aathal

A dream in the making

Our Company, 3PO, which stands for Poulsen Pinto Physiotherapy & Osteopathy – Massage, Sports and Healthcare, was founded in 2021 by Nicola Poulsen, M.Ost Osteopath and Hugo Pinto, PT Physiotherapist. Having arrived from London, England, we started by renting a room in Praxis-Aathal.

Praxis-Aathal was originally founded by René Albertin in March 1993. He created a beautiful clinic in the upstairs of the old train station, after the whole building was moved almost 100m from the other side of the street. The old train station became a famous landmark in the community, where René grew and expanded the clinic over the years, establishing a well-known and loved clinic in the area.

In March this year, 30 years after the clinic first opened its doors, we were given the opportunity to take over the practice and run it. It is still known by its original name today. At the time, still in the start-up phase of our company, we were only able to take over part of the premises and convert some of the remaining space into a little physio corner.

Now, excitingly, in the new year, we have been given the opportunity to expand and transform the vacant space next to us into a new spacious physio gym. Thereby making the clinic whole again and providing an opportunity for first class rehabilitation inside of the clinic.

If you move better, you feel better!

We both come from a background in elite swimming, Nicola worked for Switzerland and Hugo for Portugal.

Having firstly met at an international swimming competition in 2012, we quickly discovered our like-minded thinking and soon realised a great opportunity of joining forces both professionally and personally.

In 2017 we moved to London. There, we were able to gain a lot of experience working in various clinical settings, ranging from elite sports to elderly care. Nicola continued working in Switzerland, returning every month to treat her private patients in Praxis-Aathal and also to work with Swiss Aquatic Swimming, which Hugo joined in 2018.

In 2021 we decided to uproot and move to Switzerland to raise our family and continue our pursuits of running our own healthcare clinic together.

We both specialise in High Performance Sports Therapy, Prevention and Recovery Strategies, Massage and person centred care. As a result of our joint interest in helping people and ensuring them the best possible treatment, we have made it our mission to improve the health and peak performance of swimmers, triathletes and sports enthusiasts of any level, as well as caring for patients of all ages and builds.

Whether in a sedentary, deskbound job or in high performance sports, the same philosophy can be applied: «Life is movement – Movement is life». Therefore, we want to help everyone, retain and/or optimise their ability to move in order to enjoy their life to the full.

We always keep updated with the latest scientific research and guidelines to ensure everyone gets the highest quality of care. We see it as a great advantage, that we are able to offer our patients the combination of various treatment methods and modalities.

With this new spacious physio gym, we are finally able to unlock our potential and offer our patients the best possible and individually tailored care.

More space, more options, better care!

To empower our athletes and deliver first class care to our community, we need your support to equip our physio gym and expand our current clinic.

We are aiming to transform the space into a quality physiotherapy room, alongside a modern and well-functioning gym. Therefore, we would like to undertake some much-needed renovations and give the space a facelift. We plan to acquire a treadmill, an exercise bike, a rowing machine, a squat rack, a Multi-station Gym, a rehabilitation wall bar and other functional/physio equipment. Based on Hugo’s specialist knowledge in rehabilitation and sports, these choices of equipment have been carefully selected to suit the space.

By contributing to our campaign, you will help us acquire physio equipment and unlock the potential of our expanded clinic. This means better health, faster recovery, peak athletic performance, and an overall improved quality of life for all our patients and athletes.

In Praxis-Aathal you’ll find the following treatments

• Osteopathy
• (Private) Physiotherapy*
• Personal training
• Sports and general massage
• Trisana-Wirbelsäule Therapy
• Footreflexology
• Lymphdrainage
• Hypnosis
• Kinesiology

*currently only private physio session available, not invoiced via the Krankenkasse.

Check out how you can support our project and what rewards you can get for supporting us. If you would like more information, please don’t hesitate to get in touch - see below for details.

Thank you for your time. We hope to have your support and would like to extend you a heartfelt thank you in advance for any contribution. We can’t wait to get started and look forward to welcoming you to our new physio gym

THANK YOU!