Procedure

• The patient will generally arrive at their treatment site on the day before treatment and be taken by private car to their hotel
• They will travel to the clinic on the day of treatment by private car where treatment will be performed
• Treatment will consist of intravenous injection in most cases. Intravenous injection is painless and generally is unaccompanied by any significant side effects
• Many patients will also have injections into an affected joint. Joint injections are not significantly painful and produce little to no inflammation afterward. In some cases, ultrasound guidance is used
• Some patients will have local injections into other affected areas or by lumbar puncture. In all cases, only local anesthetic will be used
• Some patients will have lipo-aspiration under local anesthetic and their tissue will have isolation of stem cells with immediate reinjection
• Some patients may feel transiently “lightheaded”. This usually resolves within 5 – 10 minutes