Wellness Mysteries

Dr. Tripp

Every patient is a mystery. Every symptom is a clue. Wellness Mysteries is an interactive podcast hosted by Dr. Zachary Tripp, Philadelphia chiropractor, functional medicine practitioner, and neuroscience coach. Each episode is the behind-the-scenes interaction between Dr. Tripp and a patient who has been stumped by their symptoms. Listen in and see if you can figure out the mystery from health, science, history, and pop culture clues before the reveal. Dr. Tripp share solutions you can use in your own life, whether you’re a patient, a friend, or doctor.

  1. 27 Aug

    Ep. 30: Chronic Headaches That Started When She Changed Jobs | Wellness Mysteries

    How many of you feel like your symptoms come from your work? It is not uncommon. But often the true reason is a mystery. Mandy had chronic headaches for three years, right when she started her new job. The pain jumped all around her head and face. She saw every specialist. Everything came back normal. When I met Mandy she was tense. Not just because it was a Monday morning appointment. Because she had been existing in daily tension for years. Find out why a woman whose headaches started with a new job had seen every specialist with no answers. Find out why the headache moved to a different part of her head and face every single day. Find out what pizza and bagels actually had to do with it. And find out why chiropractic used to work for her and suddenly stopped. Play along. See if you can solve it before the reveal. Making feeling good feel easy. 0:00 Welcome to Wellness Mysteries0:42 Meet Mandy — A Mystery Begins3:28 The Headache That Would Not Quit4:17 The Clue Nobody Noticed6:38 The Examination — Clues Hidden in Plain Sight7:12 Solving the Mystery10:31 Getting Mandy Better13:00 How Mandy's Story Can Help You Topics covered: chronic headaches, morning headaches, headaches that move locations, jaw pain, TMJ dysfunction, TMJD, masseter muscle, trigeminal nerve, teeth clenching, night guard, work related headaches, stress and jaw tension, chiropractic for headaches, Philadelphia chiropractor, Wellness Mysteries podcast.

    Ep. 30: Chronic Headaches That Started When She Changed Jobs | Wellness Mysteries

  2. 12 Aug

    Ep. 29: Vegan Welder With Numbness and Depression — Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

    Benny walked in slowly. Head down. Body slumped. He looked, honestly, sad. He had tingling in his hands and feet that felt like sparklers going off every day. And every time he had a drink it got worse. He was convinced it was his liver. His father and grandfather had both passed from liver disease and he carried that with him into every doctor's office. He had been to his primary care doctor. A liver specialist. A nerve doctor. Everyone told him his numbers were fine. But Benny was not fine. He was exhausted in a way that sleep could not fix. His mind felt foggy. He was sad about work he used to love. He was a welder, a man who works with metal every single day, and he could barely drag himself through each project anymore. But there are clues in Benny's story. His name. His email address. His job. His diet. His medication. The school play he attended. The scientist his niece was playing. The number that kept showing up everywhere. Can you figure out what is really going on before the reveal? Making feeling good feel easy. 0:00 Welcome to Wellness Mysteries0:49 Meet Benny — A Mystery Begins1:45 The Symptom Nobody Could Explain3:44 When Exhaustion Starts Feeling Like Something Else4:51 The Clues Hidden in Plain Sight6:35 Solving the Mystery10:33 Getting Benny Better

    Ep. 29: Vegan Welder With Numbness and Depression — Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

  3. 29 Jul

    Ep. 28: Too Many ER Visits With No Answers: Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

    Carly Costa is 38 years old, a graphic designer in Philadelphia, and she has been living with upper back pain for six years. Not mild discomfort. A knife. And when it gets bad it feels like a heart attack. She has been to the emergency room more than once. Full workup every time. Everything comes back clear. She always leaves with the same answer: it is probably just stress. She stopped going. She was embarrassed to show up with the same thing and leave with the same answer. But there are clues in Carly's story. Her name. The husband who cooks her a very specific meal when she is not well. The sport she gave up fifteen years ago and why. The yoga pose that gives her relief and the one she always skips. The sneeze that does not hurt in the moment. And the one time she got more relief from a good cry than from any stretch or exercise. Find out why a woman who has been to the ER multiple times for something that felt like a heart attack was never checked for the one thing that was actually causing it. Find out why the sneeze does not hurt in the moment but changes everything hours later. Find out why her body found the answer in yoga class without anyone telling it where to look. And find out why a good cry gave her more relief than years of treatment. Play along. See if you can solve it before the reveal. Making feeling good feel easy. 0:00 Meet Carly Costa. A Mystery Begins0:45 Six Years of Pain and No Real Answers3:28 The Examination: Clues Hidden in Plain Sight6:20 The Loop Nobody Could Explain7:45 Solving the Mystery8:46 Why This Happens and What the Body Was Trying to Say13:06 Getting Carly Better15:13 How Carly's Story Can Help You

    Ep. 28: Too Many ER Visits With No Answers: Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

  4. 14 Jul

    Ep. 27: When Doing Everything Right Goes Wrong — Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

    Moses Elsopo is 42 years old, an electrician in Philadelphia, and he is doing everything right. He drinks water constantly. He works out four times a week. He eats well. He sleeps reasonably. He has been getting adjusted regularly. And he feels terrible. But there are clues in Moses's story. His name. His last name. The documentary he could not stop watching. The villain's line that stuck with him for reasons he could not explain. The grape he loves. The spark plugs he keeps leaving behind. The school he attended. And the thing he is most proud of that turns out to be exactly wrong. Find out why a man doing everything right still feels terrible. Why his adjustments never seem to hold. Why his skin is aging faster than it should. And why the thing he was most certain about turned out to be the biggest clue of all. Play along. See if you can solve it before the reveal. Making feeling good feel easy. 0:00 Meet Moses — A Mystery Begins0:58 He Does Everything Right. So Why Does He Feel Terrible?4:18 The Examination — Clues Hidden in Plain Sight7:33 Solving the Mystery10:15 What His Last Name Actually Means11:50 University of Florida, Gandhi's March, and Mad Max14:37 Getting Moses Better16:39 How Moses's Story Can Help You

    Ep. 27: When Doing Everything Right Goes Wrong — Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

  5. 25 Jun

    Wellness Mysteries: Chef With Chronic Hip Pain. The Diagnosis Nobody Caught | Ep. 26

    Penelope Frank is 34 years old, a chef in Philadelphia, and her right hip has been destroying her for two years. She has seen her doctor. She has taken more Advil than she can count. She has tried everything. And nothing has fully worked. But there are clues in Penelope's story. Her name. The restaurant she works at. Her coworker Terry. The train she loves. The car she sold. The blanket that pushes her feet down at night. Even the way the Advil works, and the way it does not. Find out why a chef who came in with a hip problem actually had something else entirely going on. Why the thing that was supposed to help her actually unmasked the real diagnosis. Why her body had been pointing at the answer the entire time. And why she just never looked down. Play along. See if you can solve it before the reveal. Making feeling good feel easy.

  6. 12 Jun

    Ep. 25: Why Does My Whole Body Hurt? — Wellness Mysteries | Feeling Good Feels Good

    Ricky D. Yang is 38 and his whole body hurts. Every single day. Not his back. Not his knee. All of it. He has seen the doctors. He has the lab results. He is even on a medication for it. And he keeps getting worse. But there are clues in Ricky's story. His name. His company. The snacks in his drawer. The way his whole day is structured. Even his lab work is pointing somewhere — if you know how to read it. Find out why a man in his prime cannot get out of bed before noon. Why his muscles stopped working the way they should. Why a medication that was supposed to help made everything worse. And why the answer was hiding in plain sight the entire time. Play along. See if you can solve it before the reveal. Making feeling good feel easy. (0:00) Meet Ricky — A Mystery Begins(5:14) The Clues Are Everywhere — Can You Solve It?(11:40) Solving the Mystery(13:21) The Science Behind the Answer(17:22) The Deep History Behind the Answer(22:46) Getting Ricky Better(28:09) How Ricky's Story Can Help You

  7. 2 Jun

    Ep. 24: Eating Healthy at Home — How to Save Money, Cut Inflammation, and Never Spend Hours in the Kitchen | Feeling Good Feels Good

    The average American spends nearly $11,000 a year eating out. Most home cooked meals cost under $6 per serving. This episode gives you the system to change that without spending hours in the kitchen or following complicated recipes. Find out how cooking at home literally built the human brain 1.9 million years ago — and what that still means for your body today. Find out why the oil you cook with is one of the most important health decisions you make every single day — and why most restaurants never use the right one. Find out why eating something sweet first thing in the morning sets your cravings and energy for the entire rest of the day before it has even started. Find out the exact breakfast, snack, lunch, and dinner system Dr. Tripp uses personally — two cooking sessions a week, one pan, no recipes required. Find out which personality type you are in the kitchen — and why most people who hate cooking are just using the wrong approach for how their brain actually works. Find out why dishes are the real reason most people avoid cooking — and the simple fix that eliminates that obstacle entirely. Making feeling good feel easy. (0:00) Introduction (1:00) The Cost of Eating Out (4:55) The History of Cooking (8:00) The Health Case for Home Cooking (9:25) Cooking Oils Matter (10:28) The Breakfast System (12:34) Smart Snacking (16:16) Lunch and Flexibility (17:31) The Dinner System — One Pan Method (18:29) Spices as Medicine (21:19) Baker vs Chef Personality (23:09) Time Saving Formula (25:12) Closing Thoughts

  8. 18 May

    Ep. 23: Raspberries: How This Little "Berry" Is So Powerful and So Different From Other Fruits | Feeling Good Feels Good

    Most people throw a handful of raspberries in their yogurt without thinking twice. This episode will change that. Find out why raspberries are not actually a berry. And what they really are botanically will surprise you. Find out how Paleolithic cave dwellers used them. How ancient Greeks explained why they are red. How Roman soldiers used them on military campaigns across Europe. How Traditional Chinese Medicine has been prescribing them for fifteen hundred years. And how George Washington used them at Mount Vernon. Find out why one cup of raspberries has more fiber than most protein bars and less sugar than almost any other fruit — and what that combination does to your blood sugar first thing in the morning. Find out what ellagitannins are, what your gut does with them, and why a fifty dollar supplement is just an expensive version of something sitting in your freezer aisle for two dollars. Find out why frozen raspberries are often more nutritious than fresh ones. And why that changes how you should be shopping. Making feeling good feel easy. (0:00) Introduction (3:17) What Is a Raspberry? (4:44) History and Origins (8:45) Ancient Medicine and Raspberry Leaf (11:53) Nutrition and Science (15:46) Practical Tips and Shopping Smart (18:24) How to Use Raspberries (20:31) Closing Thoughts

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Every patient is a mystery. Every symptom is a clue. Wellness Mysteries is an interactive podcast hosted by Dr. Zachary Tripp, Philadelphia chiropractor, functional medicine practitioner, and neuroscience coach. Each episode is the behind-the-scenes interaction between Dr. Tripp and a patient who has been stumped by their symptoms. Listen in and see if you can figure out the mystery from health, science, history, and pop culture clues before the reveal. Dr. Tripp share solutions you can use in your own life, whether you’re a patient, a friend, or doctor.

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  • Creator
    Dr. Tripp
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    30
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Dr. Tripp
  • Show Website
    Wellness Mysteries