Scott Dolly on IASTM, Scraping and Movement
East meets West in this week's OPP featuring Scott Dolly, owner of Evolution Human Performance and Rehabilitation.
With an education that spans Physics, Biology, Qi Gong, Yoga, Mediation and more, Scott marries the best of Eastern and Western philosophies into his practice at Evolution HPR.
After he assessed, analyzed, scraped, poked and prodded on me for several hours, Scott and I sat down in his Winchester, VA facility to talk about the Neural Patterns in the Biomechanics of Movement, Scraping & Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) and Alignment.
Big thanks to Scott for opening his facility and his mind to us. This is a truly insightful podcast and one I'm sure you'll enjoy.
In addition to running Evolution HPR and writing for Martial Arts Magazine, Scott is one of the coordinators/instructors at an amazing retreat known called Runga that also features previous OPP guests Eric Remensperger (cured his own cancer) and Ben Greenfield (5 Ways Gratitude Changes Our Brains).
Show Notes:
- Ryan intro’s his meeting with Scott / Housekeeping notes (1:45)
- Why did Scott move from his clinical practice to open his own? (8:08)
- Normal vs. Average
- "You can tune a human the same way you can tune a guitar." (11:08)
- Resonance frequency and the musical notes that correspond to each chakra
- Ego wants to have the right answer 13:00
- Scott explains the neurological patterning involved in muscular contractions (16:14)
- Self-awareness is the #1 human characteristic you can develop 22:35
- Scott explains how quickly we lose proper movement function in our modern society - as young as 9 years old (23:16)
- Sitting is the new smoking
- Soft tissue mobilization vs. IASTM (instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization) (28:15)
- Muscles thousand pieces of spaghetti
- Have to have neurological patterning correct
- Trough to trough explanation (34:30)
- No better tool than the person using it 38:00
- Difference between soft tissue mobilization vs foam rolling (38:44)
- Foam rolling great warm-up for IASTM
- No such thing as rolling out your IT band
- Bones don’t want to be stacked, want to be aligned
- You can’t get a knot out of a rope by pulling on the rope 47:25
- Is there is self-diagnosis tool if you have anterior pelvic tilt? (47:50)
- Stability is more important than strength 50:17
- Scott talks about recovery and his own injuries (50:00)
- Grew up training wrong
- Diagnosed with Lyme disease
- Ice baths
- Scott talks about his “performance/recovery” shake (55:00)
- Whey Protein
- Collagen Protein (Code SCOTTPRO for 25% Whey + Collagen Protein)
- Brain octane oil
- Coconut oil
- Almond butter
- Kale
- Wheat grass
- Cocoa powder
- Chai seeds
- Lemon grass
- Open vs. closed kinetic chain movement (1:00:00)
- Push up vs. bench press
- Where can we get more from Scott? (1:02:40)
- Scott talks about the biohacked, performance enhancing lights in his facility (1:05:30)
- Scott's Top 3 Tips to #LiveOptimal? (1:09:30)
- Food and movement are medicine
Related Links/Products Mentioned
- Evolution Human Performance & Rehabilitation
- Scott Dolly (@sd.evolution) on Instagram
- Natural Protein™: Whey + Collagen Coupon code = SCOTTPRO for 25% OFF
- Lost Posture: Why Some Indigenous Cultures May Not Have Back Pain (NPR article)
- Ben Greenfield podcast with Scott
- Lems Shoes | Ultra-Minimalist | Zero-Drop | Natural-Shape
- Too Much Sitting: The Population-Health Science of Sedentary Behavior (study)
- Is Sitting The New Smoking? OPP #111 with Aaron Alexander
- 59:00 article on collagen (**Add link to article he sent you**)
- Martial Arts Illustrated
- Discover Your Chronotype: The Best Time To Do Anything With Michael Breus (OPP #117)
