How Recovery Inspired CloudMotion
The Moment Everything Changed
Right before I tore my ACL, everything in my life felt like it was finally coming together. I just made the A team, and it was our club’s home tournament two weeks away from flying to Phoenix for Nationals. But on match point, while we were up by fifteen, one wrong landing changed everything. In an instant, the pop and the pain replaced all the excitement I’d built my season around. That moment didn’t just end my season, it began a very different journey that would later shape the biggest fashion project of my life.
Learning to Move All Over Again
Once the shock faded, recovery became my new reality. Tearing my ACL meant relearning basic movements like walking, using stairs, and even raising my leg. PT became my practice, revealing how much my body had been compensating without me realizing it. I became hyperaware of alignment, muscle activation, and form, and I quickly learned something I had never noticed as an athlete: you can’t improve what you can’t see. That’s when I first understood the gap between how athletes think they move and how they actually move.
Seeing the Invisible Problem
As rehab progressed, I realized athletes don’t lack effort, they lack insight. I had trackers for steps and heart rate, but nothing that showed the breakdowns that actually cause re-injury: knee collapse, imbalance, or fatigue. Those invisible issues mattered most. That led me to a question that changed everything: Why isn’t there apparel that measures movement quality, not just quantity? That idea became the foundation of CloudMotion and reshaped the entire direction of my FSF project.
Turning Recovery Into Innovation
Once I understood that gap, my case study became personal. I wanted to build a solution for athletes dealing with the same challenges I faced. That’s how CloudMotion was born; a performance and recovery system that combined On Running’s design with Notch Interfaces’ motion-tracking technology. I created modular apparel with discreet sensor pockets to capture real-time movement and translate the cues my PT gave me into insights that athletes could access themselves. Every seam, fabric choice, and silhouette came directly from my own frustrations and breakthroughs during rehab. CloudMotion became the solution I wish I had during recovery.
Setback to Scholar
Recognizing that gap made my FSF project more than an assignment, it became a mission. CloudMotion blended On Running’s precision with Notch’s technology to give athletes the guidance I desperately needed while healing. The system’s modular sensors and performance construction turned physical therapy cues into data that could help prevent re-injury and improve form. CloudMotion wasn’t just innovation, it was personal. That personal connection helped me become a 2026 Fashion Scholarship Fund Scholar.
