Capstone Project Proposal Draft

Name of student: Ella Jordan Date: Oct/13/23

Teacher: Mr. Green Block: A

The Capstone strand I have chosen is the product strand

Proposed title for my Project Proposal: (write the proposed title for your Capstone Project in one clear
sentence): A TikTok page that shares my progression at the gym with an injury.

What is your inquiry question that interests you for further research? It should be a question that connects with
a purpose, passion or personalized area of interest for you. This is a question that you cannot just google an
answer for. Please see examples from your Capstone booklet.
My inquiry question is:

How can I help young athletes avoid knee injuries?

Rationale/context: Detail your reasons for choosing this inquiry question. Explain WHY you are choosing to
investigate this topic as a major area of focus. How does this area of inquiry connect to your passion(s),
purpose? Why is it of personal interest to you?

Because helping young athletes avoid these injuries it will help them enjoy the sport more and be able to
stay in the sport longer as this is the reason that I left the sport and if I found a way to avoid this when I was
young I would have taken it.

Background: What background knowledge/connections/prior learning do you have in this area of inquiry?

I have past knowledge and am also learning as I go to improve my skills and reflect them onto others. I am
learning to do the exercises with the proper technique.

Career connections: What is your intended career area at this point in time? What connections does this
inquiry question have to your life, academic and/ or career goals?

Staying healthy and fit will help me get a good night's sleep so I can do early morning shifts without feeling
tired.

Interdisciplinary and core competencies connections: What subject areas and core competencies will
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be connected with your project? Outline and explain the connections.

Personal Awareness & Responsibility

- I will have to stay motivated to go to the gym
Creative Thinking
- Thinking of new aways to have my videos reach the target audience
- Have to edit videos making them into something productive

Capstone Presentation medium: select one or more project mediums you wish to use to present your
project. Outline and give details about how you will present your project once completed. You may use a
combination of mediums.
o Electronic portfolio: Prezi or PPT
o Physical portfolio
o Website
o imovie presentation
o YouTube channel

Tik Tok page

- Watch the videos made on the page
- Me explaining more in depth what is happening

Description of my Capstone project. Specific Project Details of the Capstone Project: what will you
research, create, study, produce, solve, investigate? What product will be produced at the end of this
project for evaluation. Write a one-page description outlining your proposal.

I will be creating a tiktok page to educate young athletes on how to pervent knee injuries and use the
proper tecneique when training and working out. Everyday the user will observe a series of
stretches/exercises (1 day will have 6, the other 2 days will have 7 exercises total). All of these will include
“rolling”, using a device called a ‘peanut’ and foam roller. The exercises I have been given are primarily
focused on legs but I will also be posting about arms and core. The workouts will range from 45 minutes to
an hour and a half including the warm up/rolling the exercises and cool down.

Along with the video series, I will post acupuncture, IMS and physio-related clips retrieved from my
sessions with the therapists. I will discuss how my personal progress is with recovering and strengthening
my injuries for furter prevention. When I feel the exercises are getting to easy for me I will be consulting
with my physiotherapists on increasing the weight or resistance on said exercise

The injury that I am recovering from is called patellar tendinitis, also known as jumper's knee, very
common in gymnasts. This is caused by vascul laterious muscle in the thigh is too tight so it’s pulling on
the patellar tension causing pain below the kneecap. This is an injury I have been struggling with for four
years. My goal is to educate people on the injury and how to pervent it so they don’t have to go through the
pain that I have.

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Resources/ Technology/Skills: Make an assessment of the resources, technology and skills you will
need to be able to complete this project. What is your plan to be able to access/learn all of the resources
necessary to achieve completion of this project? Detail your plans.

- Video editing
- Gym membership
- A tiktok page
- Microphone
- A phone
- Someone to film(maybe)
- An audience/following
- Peanut roller
- Circle resistance bands

Mentors/Community Connections: What types of mentor(s)/community connections will you need to

help you complete your capstone project? How will your mentor(s) help you? What is your plan to access
the mentorship/community connections necessary for this project?

My physios/ personal trainer

Project limitations: What are some project limitations and potential obstacles that you foresee that might
affect progress with your Capstone Project?

- Not reaching the target audence

- Not having motivation to go to the gym
- No activity on the account(no followers/likes)
- Other people may be using the equipment needed for the exercises

Other considerations: List and detail any other related information/ considerations about your project
that you feel should be included in your project proposal.

- I am learning as I go
- I may not be able to do all the exercises because I go to a public gym

References: Provide a literature review of 5-10 PEER REVIEWED ACADEMIC references: research,
videos, etc. that offer some preliminary research you have done for your project that shows you are able
to access the key information that you will need to be able to complete this project/work. Your list should
be written using correct APA formatting.

What the injury is:

https://www.airrosti.com/injuries-we-treat/patellar-tendonitis/
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Muscle names:
https://www.physio-pedia.com/Vastus_Lateralis#:~:text=physiotherapist%20serving
%20%E2%80%A2-,Description,vastus%20intermedius%2C%20and%20vastus%20medialis.

Physio’s:
https://www.trainbodylanguage.com/
https://www.stasisrehab.ca/

Gym’s:
https://totalfitnesslangley.com/
https://www.flipcitygym.com/

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