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Onboard Physiotherapy • Performance • Recovery

One expert practitioner. Individualised, whole person care.

Private physiotherapy, performance and recovery support delivered onboard — tailored to the individual, the demands of the voyage, and life at sea.

Atlas brings a complete standard of injury & pain management and prevention onboard — integrating expert physiotherapy, performance and recovery with discreet, highly individualised support, shaped by a deep understanding of each person, their environment and the evolving demands of the voyage.

The Atlas Approach

Assess

Detailed musculoskeletal and movement assessment, breathing and nervous system screening, vestibular and oculomotor assessment, behavioural assessment, occupational risk mitigation through manual handling and ergonomic assessments. Evidence based practice, complemented with emerging research.

Treat & Recover

Hands-on physiotherapy including massage, joint mobilisation and manipulation, muscle energy techniques, dry needling, taping, breathwork, meditation and individualised recovery strategies.

Perform

Individualised strength, mobility, conditioning, Yoga and Pilates training to maintain physical capacity, resilience and performance throughout the voyage and beyond. This can be private or in a group setting. Inclusive of injury-prevention programming, built around the physical demands of life onboard and occupational risk mitigation strategies — reducing lost time to injury and pain.

Optimise

Practical support across sleep & nutrition, with behavioural strategies for pain and stress management, addressing the wider factors that influence health, performance and wellbeing.

For captains & yacht management

Built to fit onboard, professionally and discreetly

Who's it for

Private and charter yachts/super-yachts, expedition and research vessels — support and care for owners, guests, crew and specialist teams throughout the voyage.

Scope & registration

Australia and New Zealand Registered Physiotherapist. STCW Basic Safety Trained. Seafarer Medically Certified. Professionally Insured. Works alongside, not in place of, onboard medical officers, telemedicine services and emergency response protocols.

Discretion & engagement

NDA on request, low profile onboard, judgement suited to owners, guests and crew alike. Available for single weeks, extended voyages, or full seasons living and travelling onboard.

Benjamin Harbers
Practitioner
Benjamin Harbers
Physiotherapist — Founder, Atlas Performance & Recovery

Benjamin is an Australian physiotherapist with over a decade of experience. From private clinic work to luxury ski chalets, military bases, professional athletic teams and individuals, large-scale mining operations and boat and land surf camps, Benjamin has been trusted around the world to provide elite, rounded care for people and organisations operating in demanding environments. His practice spans Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Europe, Canada and New Zealand.

He is an avid surfer, snowboarder — on the resort and in the back-country, scuba and free-diver, a black belt in Zen Do Kai karate, and an ex-national-level triathlete. It's this firsthand experience — remaining calm at altitude, underwater, and in competition — that shapes how Atlas approaches performance and recovery care at sea.

Full clinical background, registration details and references available on request during onboarding discussions.
Get in touch

Enquire about a voyage, a season, or a single engagement.

Email

ben@atlasphysio.co

Phone

+64 2040141955

+61 466 823 696

Based

Australia & New Zealand — available for international placement