Hi Regenerative injection therapy (RIT) is a treatment for chronic pain caused by unhealed injuries around: Cartilage Joints Ligaments Muscles Tendons Benefits of RIT When you injure tissue, it sends a signal to the body to begin the healing process. During this process, your body removes damaged tissue and replaces it with new, healthy tissue, creating an inflammatory state that can be painful. Anti-inflammatories or steroids treat the pain of inflammation, but can suppress the healing process RIT, however, seeks to replicate the normal, tissue-healing process by injecting a substance into the tissue that stimulates your body’s natural ability to heal RIT is useful in treating repetitive stress injuries that never have sufficient time to heal properly, and other injuries that do not heal completely. It also helps repair certain conditions that are commonly treated by surgery the side effects are mild, if you are still anxious you can visit another orthopedic surgeon with the reports and discuss RIT and then can decide Wish You Good Health Regards Dr Sridhar K