Honest Answers
10 Questions to Ask Before Starting Any Regenerative Protocol (Including Ours)
Before you start any regenerative protocol — anywhere, including with us — ask these ten questions: about FDA status, evidence, candidacy screening, who's overseeing care, what happens if you're not a fit, and how success is measured. Honest clinics answer all ten comfortably. Evasive answers to any of them are your cue to walk.
The regenerative wellness field has honest practitioners and it has salespeople with exam tables. From the outside they can look identical — until you ask the right questions. Here are ten, with the answers you should expect. We hold ourselves to every one of them.
The ten questions
1. “Is this FDA-approved for my condition?” The only honest answer is no — no regenerative therapy is FDA-approved for orthopedic conditions. A clinic that says or implies otherwise has failed the first test. What you want to hear: a plain no, followed by an explanation of how the care is framed honestly.
2. “Who evaluates me, and what are their credentials?” You want a licensed medical provider conducting a structured evaluation — not a salesperson with a script. Ask who oversees care plans and what their oversight actually involves.
3. “What percentage of people who come in are told they’re not candidates?” The most revealing number in the building. If everyone qualifies, nobody was actually screened.
4. “What happens if I’m not a candidate?” Good answer: a plain explanation and a referral toward the more appropriate path. Bad answer: a different package at a different price.
5. “What should I have tried before this?” Honest clinics respect the fundamentals — strengthening, activity modification, weight management — and will tell you if you should do those first. A clinic that waves them off is skipping the best-evidenced care in the field.
6. “How will we measure whether this is working?” Expect specifics: function, comfort, defined follow-up intervals, and what happens if progress stalls. Vague “everyone responds differently” answers with no measurement plan are a red flag.
7. “What are the risks and limitations?” Every intervention has them. A provider who can’t articulate limitations isn’t being thorough — they’re being promotional.
8. “What will this cost, all-in, and what does that include?” You deserve a clear, complete answer before committing — evaluation, protocol, follow-up, everything. Pressure to decide today is a sales tactic, not a care plan.
9. “Can I see how you describe results — and do you promise outcomes?” Look at their words. “Designed to support,” “may help,” “results vary” is honest grammar. Guarantees, cure language, or before/after theatrics are not.
10. “Will you tell me if surgery is the better option?” The question that separates care from commerce. The right answer is an unhesitating yes — because for some situations, a surgical consult is the honest recommendation.
Use this list on us
Bring these ten to a free educational dinner talk or your evaluation and ask them out loud. Our safety and candidacy commitments are the standard we’ve published for ourselves — hold us to it.
Ready for an honest answer?
Start with a provider-led evaluation and candidacy screening — and a plain answer about whether our options fit your situation.
