FOUNDATIONS 1 CERTIFICATION
Your journey as a healthcare practitioner or coach in esports begins here. Understanding the physical and mental demands of gamers is a prerequisite for effective coaching, training and treatment. Learn how to assess what they do on a regular basis to be effective support staff for esports athletes.
Foundations 1 is the only esports certification course designed to give the practitioner a basic understanding of the principles required to begin helping gamers with their health and performance needs. Whether your goal is to become a doctor working with a professional esports team or attract more gamers to your clinical practice. Foundations 1 gives you all the basic information necessary to set you up for success in this industry.
Foundations is approved for Physical Therapy continuing education credit in the state of California. Please check your state’s bylaws for reciprocity. Foundations also qualifies for Category D continuing education credit for Athletic Trainers. AOTA certification pending.
HELP GAMERS ACHIEVE MORE AND PERFORM AT THEIR BEST
EHPI Foundations Certification
✅Asynchronous online certification course
✅Membership in publicly-searchable database of certified providers
✅Weekly office hours with instructors
✅Includes 1-year subscription to content access pass
$585.00
$329.00
Comparable Certification Pricing
Why Our Certification?
Trusted by Tier 1 Esports Orgs
All of the instructors for the Esports Health and Performance Institute have experience working directly for or with players at the worlds foremost Tier 1 Orgs across multiple titles.
Trusted by the Champs
Call of Duty World Champion Kenneth "Kenny" Williams (2022- LA Thieves) Credits his EHPI Certified Esport Psychologist with helping him learn to communicate with his teammates to turn their season around for the championship run. The Esports Health and Performance Institute can provide you with the same insights our instructors use in their daily practice with these elite performers.
Trusted in Esports and the Mainstream
Many of the EHPI instructors have been featured in articles regarding esports medicine and performance including Dot Esports, ESPN, Variety Magazine, The Washington Post, Sports Illustrated, Yahoo!, PC Gamer, and Kotaku.
Benefits of Certification
1. Appear in the Find an Expert section of EHPI
2. Access to the Content Access Pass
3. Be the First to Hear About Esports Job Postings Around the World
4. Access to Community Forums and Discord Servers
5. Shop Discounts Based on Community Participation
Course Overview
Part 1 - Understanding the Performance & Health Landscape in Esports
Module 1: Overview of the Current State of Health and Performance
Module 2: Esport Athlete Culture
Module 3: Role of Health Professionals in Esports
Module 4: Understanding Esports Titles
Module 5: Current Issues in Esports Medicine and Performance
Part 2 - Principles of Posture & Ergonomics In Gaming and Esports
Module 1: Posture and Ergonomics Basics for Esports: PC
Module 2: Esports Postural Ergonomics Assessment Tool / Outcome Measure (Downloadable PDF)
Module 3: Common Postural Faults in Gaming
Module 4: How to Teach Posture to Gamers
Part 3 - Esports Technique - How Mechanical Skills Affect Musculoskeletal Health in Gaming
Module 1: Relevant Anatomy as it Relates to Mechanical Skill in Gaming
Module 2: Gaming Input Devices (Peripherals)
Module 3: Mechanical Skill and Game Sense in Esports
Module 4: Esports Physical Load Analysis
Addendum 1 - Foundations of Esports Nutrition
Casey Thomas RD: Relevant Overview of Macro/Micronutrients and Supplements as it Relates to Esports
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