CAPET case studies
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The Certified Associate Professional in Esports Therapy (CAPET) is a professional credential for practitioners who support competitive gamers - typically athletic trainers, physical therapists, and performance staff moving into esports. It signals that you can assess players, manage the injuries and loads unique to screen-based competition, and work alongside coaches, managers, and clinicians. The CAPET case studies are 5 cases and about 2,875 words.
1Radial Wrist Pain Five Days Before a Qualifier
An organization's performance coach contacts you five days before a regional qualifier. Their starting entry fragger, age 21, has played 9–10 hours of ranked and scrim blocks daily for the past 18 days, with one rest day.
646 words, about 3 min2Twelve-Hour Eastward Travel With a Late Scrim Block
A Tier-1 team qualifies for an international event 12 time zones east of its home base. Departure is in six days; the event starts three days after arrival.
570 words, about 3 min3Passive Suicidal Ideation in a Benched Player
A 20-year-old support player on a mid-tier team has been benched for two weeks after a slump. He tells you, the team's performance psychologist (contracted two days/week), that he feels 'empty', has stopped enjoying scrims, sleeps 4–5 hours, has lost 3 kg in a month, and drinks 6–8 beers on weekends.
587 words, about 3 min4A $20,000 Ergonomic Fit-Out With Fixed Desks
An esports organization is fitting a new 12-player practice facility with a $20,000 equipment budget. The room has fixed desks at 75 cm, 27-inch 60 Hz monitors, chairs with no height or armrest adjustment, and overhead fluorescent lighting measured at 300 lux with visible glare on screens.
537 words, about 3 min5A 17-Year-Old, Caffeine, and a Proprietary Focus Blend
A 17-year-old player on an academy roster asks you, the team's contracted performance coach, for advice. He wants to lose 3 kg before the next split because he believes it will improve his reaction time.
535 words, about 3 min