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Everything you should know
before you decide

Written for patients, not for clinicians. If anything here is unclear, that is our failure and we would like to know about it.

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Your Visit

What actually happens

Five things people are most often surprised by.

  • 01

    The first visit is an assessment, not a treatment

    Nobody is treated on their first appointment. We review your history and imaging, examine you, and tell you whether the evidence supports therapy in your case. Expect to be there about ninety minutes.

  • 02

    You may be told no

    Roughly one in four people who consult us are advised against treatment. If the published evidence does not support it for your condition, we will say so and explain why rather than treat you anyway.

  • 03

    You get the plan in writing, and you take it home

    Expected outcomes, risks, alternatives and the full cost are set out on paper. You are not asked to consent in the room — go away, read it, discuss it, come back.

  • 04

    Most procedures happen in a single day

    Harvest, processing and administration are usually completed within one visit. You will need someone to drive you home and should plan to rest for 48 hours.

  • 05

    Follow-up runs for five years

    We measure outcomes at six weeks, three months, six months and then annually. This is how we learn whether the therapy worked — and it is free of charge.

Preparation

What to bring

The more of this you have, the more useful your first appointment will be. None of it is mandatory.

  • Recent imaging — X-ray, MRI or ultrasound from the last twelve months, on disc or via a sharing link.
  • A summary from your doctor — diagnosis, treatments tried, and what did or did not help.
  • Your medication list — including supplements and anything bought over the counter.
  • Blood results from the last six months, if you have them.
  • Someone with you — a second pair of ears is genuinely useful in a consultation like this.
  • Your questions, written down — people forget them otherwise. We would rather run over time than leave you unsure.
Download the Checklist
  • 90Minutes, first visit
  • 1 in 4Advised against therapy
  • 48hTypical rest period
  • 5 yrFree follow-up

Questions

What patients actually ask us

These are the real questions, in roughly the order people ask them.

The harvest is done under local anaesthetic and most people describe pressure rather than pain. Bone marrow aspiration is the most uncomfortable of the options and takes about ten minutes. Soreness at the harvest and injection sites for two to three days afterwards is normal and settles with simple painkillers.
Realistically, three to six months. Anyone promising you results in two weeks is selling something. Early changes in pain are common but unreliable as a signal; the functional measurements we take at three and six months are what actually tell us.
The common ones are bruising, soreness and temporary swelling. Infection is rare but serious and is the main reason processing happens in a GMP facility rather than a treatment room. Because we use your own cells, rejection is not a risk. Every risk relevant to your specific procedure is listed in your written plan.
No. For the conditions we treat, regenerative therapy aims to reduce pain and improve function, sometimes substantially and sometimes durably. It does not regrow a joint. Any clinic describing this as a cure is overstating what the evidence shows.
Usually not, since most regenerative therapies are still classified as elective in India. Our billing team will give you a written cost estimate before you commit and can provide documentation to support a claim, though we cannot promise it will succeed.
Please do — and we will help. We will release your records promptly and without fuss. We also provide second opinions on therapies offered elsewhere, including telling you when we think a proposed treatment is not justified.
Sometimes it does not, and we will tell you that plainly at follow-up rather than encouraging another round. We will discuss what the outcome data suggests next, which may well be conventional treatment or surgery. Your follow-up continues either way.

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