Have the “itis brothers” moved into your life, tendonitis, bursitis, gastritis, myositis… and their loudest cousins, rheumatoid and osteoarthritis? In this episode, Dr. Kevin Wall sits down with regenerative pain specialist Dr. Mareshah Dunning to expose why so many of us are stuck with chronic joint pain, endless diagnoses, and lifetime prescriptions, and what you can actually do to evict the itis brothers for good.
Dr. Wall and Dr. Dunning unpack what “-itis” really means (spoiler: it just means inflammation), why naming your pain is not the same as finding the cause, and how our current medical model plays a game of “name that tune” with your symptoms. Instead of asking “What pill matches this diagnosis?” they ask the better question: “Why is this tissue inflamed in the first place?”
Guest Bio:
Dr. Mareshah Dunning is an Interventional Naturopathic Regenerative Medicine Pain Physician with Solutions Regenerative Medicine, practicing out of the Neil Riordan Center for Regenerative Medicine in Tempe, Arizona. Her clinical focus is pain management with a regenerative mindset, helping patients move beyond numbing their symptoms to actually addressing the deeper causes of joint and tissue degeneration.
She treats a wide range of conditions, from osteoarthritis and tendonitis to autoimmune-driven joint disease, always aiming to restore function, reduce pain, and get patients back to living their lives, playing with their kids, staying active, and doing what they love, without becoming dependent on opioids or endless steroid injections. Dr. Dunning is also passionate about patient education, helping people understand epigenetics, lifestyle, diet, and biomechanics so they can take back control of their health.
Resources:
Dr. Mareshah Dunning / Solutions Regenerative Medicine
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Practice location: Neil Riordan Center for Regenerative Medicine, Tempe, AZ
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