About Us
We Help optimize the potential within YOU
We are Ramp.
Backed by decades of experience, our team is ready to go the distance for you.
Bring out your inner champion!
oUR TEAM
Erin Johnson, Founder
Erin is the founder of Ramp Athletics. Her journey started as a Physical Therapist Assistant knowing that her ultimate goal was to work in orthopedics. Erin became a personal trainer and shortly after graduated from massage school. Over the next 23 years, utilizing all of her education and experience, she created exercise and recovery programs for her clients. She has worked with all ages: high school athletes, collegiate athletes, professional athletes, and the aging baby boomer. Opening up RAMP Athletics has been a goal since 2014, when she sat down and wrote her first business plan. Now it is time to watch it all come to fruition. Apart from the world of athletics and recovery, she loves to adventure in the great outdoors.
kYLE kNAPP, Athletic Trainer
Kyle is an Athletic Trainer and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He grew up in Royal Oak, Michigan and attended Michigan State University graduating with a double major in Athletic Training and Kinesiology. Through the course of his career he had the opportunity to work in a wide variety of settings including collegiate and high school athletics, physical therapy, and performance.
Kyle now resides in Brighton with his fiancee and fellow ATC Paige Thornton and three cats, Draco, Diesel, and Dashing. He also loves the outdoors and sports, particularly fishing and disc golf.
brian klozik, athletic trainer
maryanne phillips , performance massage therapist
Joe Cencioni, IV nurse
Joe is an IV Nurse Specialist and Co-founder of Detroit IV Experience. He has over 18 years of experience as a field medic and emergency department nurse in a busy level 1 trauma center. He has extensive training in establishing IV access, caring for acutely ill patients, and nursing instruction. He believes in wellness through prevention and that the cornerstone of any business should be based on outstanding patient experience and service.
Michelle Wiener, Medical Director
Dr. Michelle Wiener is a board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician with over 13 years of clinical experience. She obtained her Master’s degree at the University of Michigan in Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology while completing her medical degree at the Wayne State University School of Medicine. This gave her a unique perspective on the effect that various vitamins and minerals have on our signaling pathways and organ systems. Dr. Wiener believes in a holistic approach to health and wellness. She has helped to develop an IV program that supplements diet and exercise to optimize peak performance, recovery, and replace deficiencies that lead to aging and immune dysfunction.
front desk Manager
Recovery Tech
Cass Ghiorse, Breath Coach
Cass Ghiorse is a seasoned teacher with 20+ years in the field, and the founder of MIDLINE. In addition to traveling for workshops and retreats, Cass runs an online studio where she offers private and group coaching on breathwork, integrative movement and life. Cass is a classically trained and former professional dancer. A certified Yoga teacher (RYT) since 2002, Cass most recently received her Breathwork Certification from Our Breath Collective and Functional Physiology Certification from Physiology First. In Cass’ class you’ll find a principle based yet playful approach to fitness, injury and embodiment. She creates a safe space for people’s curiosity and is known for her use of language, knowledge of bio mechanics and understanding of the nervous system. She is passionate and committed to helping others discover and trust their innate somatic intelligence. She currently lives in Michigan with her husband and two children.