“I had no idea what RAMP really meant,” says Anne Gryzenia, a Corner devotee who just added body tune-ups to her wellness routine. “I went to a session last Friday and felt better than I have in over a year.” RAMP, an acronym for Recover Athletic Mobility & Performance, caters to athletes (professional and amateur alike) and active individuals who seek optimal performance, as well as relief and recovery. Founder/owner Erin Johnson, a personal trainer and massage therapist, and fellow team member, Brian Klozic, an athletic trainer and sports performance specialist, offer manual therapy and training sessions at their main facility inside Detroit City Fieldhouse, on East Lafayette, in Detroit. Erin and Brian are now also taking appointments at The Corner Studio.
As featured in our April blog post, Erin enlightened us with remedies for pain and injury prevention related to working and exercising at home. Nearly six months later, gyms and fitness studios are slowly re-opening—albeit with stipulations—and many of us are still working from home. Outdoor classes at Kerby Field have largely revived us, but quarantine and the varying degrees of isolation that followed (and continue) certainly ruffled our psyches and banged up our bodies.
Erin has seen first-hand how poor form in sitting and moving has taken a toll on her clients. “We are working with more millennials who are now not sitting correctly and have tension headaches, neck, and low back pain,” she says. Erin also notes that when gyms closed more people took up running, or simply exercising without guidance, and the lack of proper form, warm-up, and training has demanded her team’s expert attention.
Treatment offerings include everything from sports massage and cupping to assisted stretching and tune-ups. Recovery tools feature NormaTec Compression boots, cold and hot tub, infrared sauna, and Theragun Percussion Therapy.
Brian, whose clients range from pre-teens to seniors and include several DCFC soccer players (not to mention the New York Cosmos soccer team this week for their tournament in Troy), describes the body as a puzzle. “I want to get as many pieces of the puzzle to get the whole picture,” he says of his approach. For sports performance and injury assessments, he begins a session with a biomechanical evaluation, which may include testing strength and mobility, assessing one’s stance, identifying limitations, and then developing a program exclusive to the individual and their needs. The idea, as Brian describes it, is to “take the body apart then work on correcting it.” He looks for weaknesses in foundation, turned-off muscles, joint issues, among other telling signs.
After a session, Brian often gives his client homework—two to three movements or exercises to work on at home and record so they can gain a deeper understanding of how their body is performing. “Your program is not anyone else’s program,” says Brian.
If you’ve been killing it at Corner’s outdoor classes, now is the perfect opportunity to complement your workout with RAMP! Book an appointment with Erin or Brian on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at The Corner Studio.
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