“Exercises alone are not enough.  It is the organization, instruction, and the sequencing of the movements, specific to the body or sport, applied at the right time in the periodization.” – Scott Herrera

What is a ‘Center of Excellence‘?

Wellness Center • goal setting and support for making lifestyle changes that achieve the goals set

Performance Center • for the professional athlete, sports organizations, the military, and the amateur athlete

ELDOA™ School of Training • we manage the ELDOA™ Certification Program worldwide, write the manuals for Levels 1, 2, 1&2 and 3, as well as teach Levels 1-4

SomaTraining Texas Institute • we teach the three-year Diploma Program, which encompasses 15 training modules and provide practical workshops for student mastery

SomaTherapy Texas Institute • the therapy program is a four-year, hands-on learning, which focuses on the Lower Limbs, Upper Limbs and Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, and Trunk and Pelvis

 

Legacy’s Tenets of Wellness:

• Water

• Movement

• Sleep

• ELDOA™ L5-S1 Daily

• Mastery of the Gravity Line and Management of Your Physical Body

• Limited Use of GMO Foods & Grains

• Use of Dry Sauna & Stress Management

• Blood Sugar Regulation

• Sunlight Exposure

 

In 2008, Legacy Sport & Wellness Center opened in Dallas, Texas with an innovative approach dedicated to teaching sports performance and wellness.

Recognizing the need for a different way and better results, Scott Herrera spent more than twenty years traveling throughout North America to study from the highest regarded experts in their respective fields – strength and conditioning, corrective exercise, and osteopathy.

For our innovative approach, it was necessary to construct a new business model, using a system with better exercises and more specific exercise instruction performed in an environment conducive to change.

At the core of Legacy’s approach are three key components:

  • Each Person is an Individual – there are no protocols
  • Client Education is the Foundation for Permanent Change
  • Structure and Function are Inter-related

Athletes and clients who visit Legacy Center receive a customized home program specific to their needs.  Private and semi-private sessions, and weekly group exercise classes support people on their path to permanent change.

Examples of group classes include: ELDOA for General Wellness, Abdominal Training, Basic Conditioning, Myofascial Stretching for Athletes, Myofascial Stretching for Wellness, and  ELDOA for Back Pain.  In addition to Legacy’s exercise system and group exercise program, the Center offers traditional weight-lifting (global training) and cardio-vascular training.

Legacy has been using ELDOA with our clients for over fifteen years and teaching ELDOA group exercise classes for more than a decade.

Group Exercise Class Calendar

Legacy’s Sport Program

The goals of an athlete training for sport or competition are not the same as exercising to be well. Legacy’s sport training program is for athletes and very active individuals who strive to perform at the highest level.  With every sport, there are injuries and in competitive athletics there is no time to lose. As a conditioning specialist with advanced training in corrective exercise and performance rehabilitation, Scott Herrera has worked with the most difficult of orthopedic cases.  For these cases, he uses Legacy’s innovative approach in conjunction with the medical team to maximize time and get results. Athletes who consult with the Center receive comprehensive programs custom-designed to address their goals using many of our sport specific exercises.

In addition to one-on-one training, Legacy is host to workshops and sport-specific camps using our innovative approach. Professional camps include Pre- and Post-Season Training for Hockey, Baseball, Football, Soccer, and Golf.

Legacy’s Wellness Program

The Center in Dallas caters to a wide spectrum of clients.  For this, it was important to create a system that distinguishes between wellness clients, sports performance clients, and pain – special needs – cases.

The primary objective of Legacy’s wellness program is to teach clients how to build a healthy body.  Each client is viewed as an individual with specific needs and goals and we believe education is the key to change.  Clean water, quality food, sleep, and stress management are all foundational principles in Legacy’s wellness program.

Clients who visit Legacy Center receive customized home programs specific to their needs.  Private sessions are scheduled to work on personal programs.  As a part of our system, we organized a series of semi-private and group exercise classes to support clients on their path to permanent change.  Examples of group classes include: ELDOA for General Wellness, Abdominal Training, Basic Conditioning for Wellness, Myofascial Stretching for Wellness/Myofascial Stretching for Athletes, and ELDOA for Back Pain.

In combination with Legacy’s exercise system and group exercise program, we offer traditional weight lifting (global training) and cardio-vascular training.  Other services include massage therapy, clinical aromatherapy, and lifestyle coaching.

The Legacy Institute

As part of Legacy’s model, we opened a teaching facility that offers regularly scheduled certification courses and workshops for health practitioners, exercise professionals, and clients. All courses are organized into short, intensive modules offered throughout the year and respect the teaching method, “Learn by Doing”.

 

One division of the Institute offers Comprehensive Certification Courses.  This started with the ELDOA School of Training.  It opened after the 2013 North American ELDOA Conference.  Guy VOYER, DO appointed Legacy as the ELDOA Program Administrator and Scott Herrera as the Director of the ELDOA Program.  The Center regularly hosts ELDOA Certification Courses for all levels (1-6) and Practical Application Workshops specific to the ELDOA training.

The SomaTraining Texas Institute offers the three-year Diploma Program, which encompasses 15 analytical training modules for ABS, Lower Limbs, Upper Limbs, The Squat, Myofascial Stretching, Proprioception, and the Sauna, to name a few.

The SomaTherapy Texas Institute is a a four-year Diploma Program, which teaches Pumping, Fascia Normalization and 2TLS of the Lower Limbs, Upper Limbs and Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, Trunk and Pelvis.

The Professional Development Series (PDS) is a second division within the Institute.  It offers original course work developed by Scott Herrera (based upon the work of Guy VOYER, DO). PDS content is designed to stimulate problem solving, provide supervised practice time, and give practitioners more in-depth exposure to the material so they can master their skill set.  PDS programming begins where certification course work ends.

Legacy’s Staff

Scott Herrera

Scott Herrera is an internationally recognized sports performance trainer and wellness educator.

In 2008, he and his business partner founded Legacy Sport & Wellness Center in Dallas, Texas. Over the course of his 20 years of clinical practice and study,  Scott developed and refined his approach to working with athletes and wellness clients.

The foundation of Scott’s approach is based upon the work of his mentor, world-renowned osteopath, Guy VOYER, DO.

In 2014, Dr. VOYER appointed Scott the Director of the six-level Comprehensive ELDOA™  Certification Program. In addition to writing the Student-Practitioner Manuals for Levels 1 through 3, he is an instructor in the program.  He also assisted in the restructuring of the Comprehensive Myo-fascial Stretching Certification.  Scott is one of 121 Certified ELDOA™ Trainers in the world.  He is an Instructor in the three-year SomaTraining Program in Dallas, Texas and Larchmont, New York.

Scott consults with professional athletes and teams in addition to collegiate athletic programs. Teams include, the Atlanta Braves,  Washington Nationals,  Dallas Stars, L. A. Dodgers, and  Washington Capitals.

“Exercise alone is simply not enough.  It’s the organization , instruction, and the sequencing of the movements specific to the body and sport, applied at the right time in the periodization.” – Scott Herrera

Click Here to See Scott's Teaching ScheduleClick Here to See a Partial List of Scott's Consulting Clients & Organizations

Claudia Zelazny

Claudia Zelazny is co-owner and Chief Operating Officer of Legacy Sport & Wellness Center. Claudia completed the Functional Medicine Training Program and Continuing Education under Dr. Dan Kalish in 2008.  She is a Certified Metabolic Typing Advisor, C.H.E.K. HLC Level 3, and  C.H.E.K. Exercise Coach.

A Certified ELDOA™ Trainer and Instructor, Claudia holds a Diploma of SomaTraining, having completed the three-year program as a student of Guy VOYER, DO.  Claudia is a Clinical Aromatherapy Practitioner, Level 3.

With her business partner, Claudia opened the first Legacy Sport & Wellness Center in 2008. She works with clients one-on-one, teaches classes at the center, and conducts workshops on lifestyle education as well as overseeing day to day operations at the Center.  In addition, she manages the Administrative Office for the ELDOA™ Certification Program.  Claudia is one 121 Certified ELDOA™ Trainers in the world.

Claudia attended The University of Texas in Austin, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in education. In the 1970’s, Claudia was co-owner of The Workout on Lovers Lane, which was one of the most successful aerobic studios in Dallas.

Currently working on a national certification in Clinical Aromatherapy,  Claudia lives in Dallas, Texas.

“Eat cleanly.  Think clearly.  Live fully.” – Claudia Zelazny

Click Here for Claudia's Blog on Lifestyle, Life Experiences, and the Journey

John Sandstrom

John Sandstrom began working at Legacy Sport & Wellness Center in 2014.

 

John is Legacy’s IT guru. He formats the ELDOA manuals for the courses taught by all the ELDOA Program Instructors around the world as well as all of Legacy’s Professional Development Series materials, the Myofascial Stretching manuals, and much of the in-house production.

John also has certifications in ELDOA and Myofascial Stretching.

Cleo Bates

Cleo Bates became a licensed massage therapist in 2000 and is the owner/operator of Cornerstone Massage and Fitness.  He is a SomaTraining Practitioner certified in ELDOA, Myofascial Stretching and Corrective Exercise.  He is a licensed Massage Therapy Instructor.

 

Cleo was the Massage Therapist for the Dallas Stars Hockey team for nine years. During his time with the Stars, he implemented ELDOA, MFS and Corrective Exercise within the team’s strength and conditioning program.  After his retirement from the Stars, he began his private practice at Legacy.  In the summer of 2017, the Washington Capitals Hockey Team came calling and made Cleo an offer he couldn’t refuse.  He worked with the Capitals for one season. Using all his tools to train and rehab his players, Cleo helped the team to win the Stanley Cup that year.  Cleo is now back at Legacy Sport & Wellness Center to  continue his private practice with his many clients, lay and professional, in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Cleo is working on a national certification in Clinical Aromatherapy.