Volleyball is a dynamic game that requires players to be fast on their feet. Players have to be able to quickly shift into various position/s,…

For individuals who are passionate about sports, health or regularly participate in physical activity, agility and speed are necessary. Oftentimes, these individuals depend on these abilities to increase their overall performance. Quickly and gracefully, both mental and physical skills are often a key element towards overcoming challenges related to the individual’s specific sport.
Essentially, the main goal of improving agility is to minimize the loss of speed when redirecting the body’s center of gravity. Rapid change drills that switch directions forward, backward, vertically, and laterally will help improve an individual’s agility and flexibility by training your body to make these changes in moving more quickly.
Dr. Alex Jimenez and his Health Coache describe various stretches and exercises utilized to enhance agility and speed throughout his collection of articles, focusing largely on the benefits of fitness and occasional injuries or conditions resulting from overexertion.
Volleyball is a dynamic game that requires players to be fast on their feet. Players have to be able to quickly shift into various position/s,…
 Stretching Fundamentals: Stretching benefits the body by keeping the muscles flexible, strong, healthy, and able to maintain optimal physical performance. As with any other discipline…
Athletes or weekend warriors hate to be sidelined from an injury or physical limitation. This is where chiropractic medicine and physical therapy for athletes can…
Urolithin A is the most abundant type of urolithin produced by the human microbiota. This nutritional compound is derived from ellagitannins and ellagic acid commonly…
Our body’s capacity to endure in a sport and the inflammatory processes that this exercise exerts over it depends on the synthesis and regulation of…
Physical activity has a heavy impact on our body composition. Body composition and specific methods like bioimpedance analysis and DEXA can describe an individual’s compartments.…
Bioelectrical impedance analysis allows an integrative, complete, duplicable, and easy body composition assessment that provides in-depth information about the patient’s nutritional status. This process makes…
Muscle wasting conditions have multiple etiologies. For example, sarcopenia is generally associated with aging, the decline of muscle function, and quantity. On the other hand,…
Muscle wasting is a prevalent finding in multiple chronic diseases, and it affects almost 70% of the patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The…
This is the third episode Dr. Alex Jimenez brings to you where Medical Specialist Talk about the complex role hormones play in our overall physiology…
This is the first of three episodes Dr. Alex Jimenez brings to you where Medical Specialist talk about the complex role hormones play in our…
Dr. Alex Jimenez brings to you this episode of Functional Medicine where Medical Specialists will help you recognize the symptoms, signs, and conditions correlated with…
The science behind lifestyle changes. The number of research studies that link beneficial health effects and lifestyle changes is high, and they can’t be wrong.…
In this episode (4 of 4) Dr. Alex Jimenez presents Evonne Britton, an unbelievable track star and Olympic athlete who is going to talk to…
In this episode (3 of 4) Dr. Alex Jimenez presents Evonne Britton, and unbelievable track star and olympic athlete who is going to talk to…
In this episode (2 of 4) Dr. Alex Jimenez presents Evonne Britton, and unbelievable track star and olympic athlete who is going to talk to…
In this episode (2 of 4) Dr. Alex Jimenez presents Evonne Britton, and unbelievable track star and olympic athlete who is going to talk to…