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Fitness vs. Wellness: How Exercise and Integrative Chiropractic Care Connect the Dots

  When people say they “want to get healthy,” they often confuse fitness with  wellness . The terms sound similar, but they are not the same. Fitness is your physical ability – your strength, endurance, flexibility, and how well your body can perform tasks like walking, lifting, or climbing stairs. (HelpGuide, 2025; MedlinePlus Magazine, 2022) HelpGuide.org +1 Wellness is a broader, holistic state . It includes your physical health, as well as your mental, emotional, social, and sometimes spiritual health. (Long, 2024; EBSCO Research Starters, n.d.) ACE Fitness +1 Exercise is the bridge between fitness and wellness. Regular movement helps your muscles and heart, but it also boosts mood, lowers stress, and supports long-term health. As Dr. Alexander Jimenez, DC, APRN, FNP-BC, emphasizes in his integrative practice in El Paso, patients do best when spinal health, movement, and lifestyle habits are addressed together—not in isolation. El Paso, TX Doctor Of Chiropracti...

Bloating, Reflux, and IBS at Christmas: Simple Ways to Protect Your Gut

  Holiday parties, rich food, late nights, and extra stress can make your gut feel like it’s on a roller coaster. During this season, it’s very common to notice more bloating, gas, heartburn, indigestion, diarrhea, constipation, and IBS flare-ups. Large, fatty meals, sugary desserts, alcohol, stress, poor sleep, and a lower fiber intake all team up to overwhelm the digestive system and disturb the gut microbiome. Mayo Clinic Healthcare +1 This article explains why holiday gut problems happen and how integrative care—especially from chiropractors and nurse practitioners (NPs)—can help you calm symptoms now and build a more resilient gut for the new year. Common Holiday Gut Problems Bloating and Gas Bloating feels like tightness, pressure, or fullness in the belly. Gas may show up as burping or passing wind more than usual. During the holidays, bloating and gas often come from: Large, heavy meals that sit in the stomach longer High-fat and high-sugar foods that slow digestion ...

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Professional Scope of Practice * The information on this blog site is not intended to replace a one-on-one relationship with a qualified healthcare professional or licensed physician and is not medical advice. We encourage you to make healthcare decisions based on your research and partnership with a qualified healthcare professional. Blog Information & Scope Discussions Welcome to El Paso's Premier Wellness and Injury Care Clinic & wellness blog, where Dr. Alex Jimenez, DC, FNP-C, a board-certified Family Practice Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC) and Chiropractor (DC), presents insights on how our team is dedicated to holistic healing and personalized care. Our practice aligns with evidence-based treatment protocols inspired by integrative medicine principles, similar to those found on dralexjimenez.com, focusing on restoring health naturally for patients of all ages. Our areas of chiropractic practice include Wellness and nutrition, Chronic Pain, Personal Injury, Auto Accident Care, Work Injuries, Back Injury, Low Back Pain, Neck Pain, Migraine Headaches, Sports Injuries, severe sciatica, Scoliosis, Complex Herniated Discs, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Pain, Complex Injuries, Stress Management, Functional Medicine Treatments, and in-scope care protocols. Our information scope is limited to Chiropractic, musculoskeletal, physical medicine, wellness, contributing etiological viscerosomatic disturbances within clinical presentations, associated somatovisceral reflex clinical dynamics, subluxation complexes, sensitive health issues, and/or functional medicine articles, topics, and discussions. We provide and present clinical collaboration with specialists from various disciplines. Each specialist is governed by their professional scope of practice and their jurisdiction of licensure. We use functional health & wellness protocols to treat and support care for the injuries or disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Our videos, posts, topics, subjects, and insights cover clinical matters, issues, and topics that relate to and directly or indirectly support our clinical scope of practice.* Our office has reasonably attempted to provide supportive citations and has identified the relevant research studies or studies supporting our posts. We provide copies of supporting research studies that are available to regulatory boards and the public upon request. We understand that we cover matters that require an additional explanation of how they may assist in a particular care plan or treatment protocol; therefore, to discuss the subject matter above further, please feel free to ask Dr. Alex Jimenez, DC, APRN, FNP-BC, or contact us at 915-850-0900. We are here to help you and your family. Blessings Dr. Alex Jimenez DC, MSACP, APRN, FNP-BC*, CCST, IFMCP*, CFMP*, ATN* email: coach@elpasofunctionalmedicine.com Licensed as a Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) in Texas & New Mexico* Texas DC License # TX5807 New Mexico DC License # NM-DC2182 Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN*) in Texas & Multistate  Texas RN License # 1191402  Compact Status: Multi-State License: Dr. Alex Jimenez DC, APRN, FNP-BC, CFMP*, IFMCP*, ATN*, CCST