Guy Poovendran

08/24/2026

That moment when you step out of the cart, look at your approach shot, and instead of thinking about the flag, you're thinking, "If I swing wrong, my knee's going to light up for the rest of the round"...

That's when golf stops being fun.

Here's what a lot of golfers — and honestly, a lot of doctors — get wrong: that inside-knee pain isn't just "getting older." It's often a specific, predictable pattern involving the medial meniscus and early arthritis, driven by how your swing loads your trail knee round after round.

In my latest video, I walk through:
✅ Why this happens (and why most orthopedic workups miss the golf-specific piece)
✅ The ONE five-minute habit I want every serious golfer doing before their round
✅ Three simple warm-up moves you can start today
✅ How to know if regenerative medicine is actually worth considering — or if it's a waste of money for your situation

I'm a golfer myself — not a scratch golfer, let's be honest — and I've spent 15 years helping golfers in their 40s, 50s, and 60s protect their knees and stay competitive without rushing into surgery.

🎁 Free 5-Minute Golf Knee Warm-Up Guide → ReadyForTeeOff.com
🎥 Full video: https://youtu.be/7Q0W1OCQB1U?si=_0AZbrci7R0hBZ56

If you've got a buddy who's been quietly protecting his knee instead of playing his game, send him this video. He'll know exactly why.

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08/17/2026

"Doc… be honest. Is PRP or stem cells better for my knee?"

I hear that question constantly — on the range, in the clubhouse, at random grocery store aisles.

Here's the truth: it's the wrong question.

PRP, MFAT (fat-based), and BMAC (bone marrow-based) are all legitimate tools. None of them is automatically the "starting point," and none of them is automatically the "upgrade" — no matter what the ads make it sound like.

In my latest video, I break down how I actually decide between the three:

A knee with decent joint space and mild to moderate wear often does well with a blood-based approach like PRP.

A knee that needs more biologic support, or where a prior treatment helped but didn't go far enough, may respond better to a fat-based option like MFAT.

A knee under heavier stress or more advanced damage may call for a bone marrow-based option like BMAC.

None of those is better or worse on its own. The right one depends entirely on the knee and the person attached to it.

IF YOU DO get a proper, golf-specific evaluation and match the treatment to what's really going on in your knee, you give yourself a real shot at delaying or even avoiding knee replacement.

IF YOU DON'T, you're just letting marketing pick your treatment while the joint quietly wears down.

Watch the full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/fs3KTYpi_gY?si=Ell8tEeUPlljZC89

Before your next round, grab my free 5-minute Ready for Tee Off warm-up guide at readyforteeoff.com ⛳️ It includes the Reverse Lunge with Overhead Reach — one of my favorite moves to take stress off the knee before you tee it up.

Share this with the guy in your group who keeps talking about PRP vs stem cells but still limps off 18.

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08/14/2026

08/08/2026

You got the cortisone shot. It helped for a few weeks. Now someone’s mentioning surgery — and that conversation feels way too early. 🏌️
Here’s what most golfers in that situation are never told: walking isn’t the problem. Stopping is.
Your knee cartilage has no blood supply. It feeds on movement. When you park yourself in a golf cart, you’re cutting off the food supply to the very tissue that’s supposed to cushion you.
Research from Baylor College of Medicine found that golfers with knee arthritis who walked regularly had 40% fewer new pain episodes — and their joints held up better structurally over four years.
This week’s video breaks down the evidence — and gives you one specific question to ask your doctor that will change the entire conversation about your knee.
Watch it here 👉 https://youtu.be/0D1dGvSUq5Q?si=eRuivpoSXA51Nm-v
If you’ve got a buddy who’s been riding the cart because someone told him to “protect his knees” — share this with him. It might be the thing that keeps him in the Saturday morning group. 🙏

Free 5-Minute Golf Warm-Up Guide: https://readyforteeoff.com/Work ...

08/03/2026

Ever notice how some guys in your group still play like they’re forty, not fifty-two? 🏌️
It’s not luck. They stopped waiting for something to break before they paid attention to their body. They started treating their health like the asset it actually is — not a fire they put out once it’s already burning.
Here’s the thing: if you catch the small stuff early, it stays small. Wait too long, and it turns into the expensive, invasive kind of problem — the surgery conversation instead of the prevention conversation.
Watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/9dVm2XU5dnc?is=JXAHANtu5adTZRaB
Send this to the guy in your group who’s been quietly favoring a knee or skipping the range because his shoulder’s been off. He’s not going to bring it up. You bringing him this might. 💪

Free 5-Minute Golf Warm-Up Guide: https://readyforteeoff.com/Work ...

08/03/2026

Ever notice how some guys in your group still play like they're forty, not fifty-two? 🏌️

It's not luck. They stopped waiting for something to break before they paid attention to their body. They started treating their health like the asset it actually is — not a fire they put out once it's already burning.

Here's the thing: if you catch the small stuff early, it stays small. Wait too long, and it turns into the expensive, invasive kind of problem — the surgery conversation instead of the prevention conversation.

Watch the full video here:https://youtu.be/9dVm2XU5dnc?si=dBj4loxoAw4YTEbw

Send this to the guy in your group who's been quietly favoring a knee or skipping the range because his shoulder's been off. He's not going to bring it up. You bringing him this might. 💪

07/25/2026

Two conflicting messages are probably hitting your feed right now if you’re dealing with knee pain.
Message one: the traditional pipeline — pills, cortisone shots, then “let’s talk about surgery.”
Message two: ads for stem cell trips overseas, red light panels, and hyperbaric chambers promising a quick fix.
Here’s what 15+ years of treating golfers has taught me: the real engine of long-term knee improvement isn’t a bottled product shipped from someone else’s tissue. It’s built from YOUR OWN biology.
PRP uses your own platelets to calm inflammation. MFAT uses your own fat as a sticky scaffold to fill structural damage — like potholes in cartilage or a torn meniscus. Bone marrow concentrate goes even deeper when the bone itself is part of the pain.
Tools like shockwave therapy and medical-grade red light are excellent — I use them personally after my own treatments — but they’re boosters that support real biologic work, not replacements for it.
Before anyone brings up surgery, you deserve two things: proper imaging and an exam that maps exactly what’s causing your pain, and a real conversation about non-surgical options that use your own tissue.
🎥 Watch the full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/sLLWF5Q3ro0

Free 5-Minute Golf Warm-Up Guide: https://readyforteeoff.com/Work ...

07/17/2026

Ever notice your knee behaves on the front nine… and by hole 13 it’s negotiating every swing with you? 😩
You’re not imagining it, and you’re not “just getting older.” Most golfers I see went through the same thing: cortisone shot, felt great for a few weeks, then right back to square one — with surgery suddenly in the conversation way too soon.
Here’s the good news: IF YOU give your knee 30 focused days — the right warm-up, a real evaluation, and options like PRP or MFAT instead of another steroid shot — you can actually feel the difference on the course. Not someday. This month. ⛳
I broke down the whole plan in my latest video, plus I’m giving away my free 5-minute warm-up guide for golfers with knee pain — no strings attached.
🎥 Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/36X_qN-VAHA?is=NDafbPuKuBmQCaw6
📄 Grab the free guide: readyforteeoff.com
Tag the guy in your group who’s been playing through pain for way too long. Let’s get him back out there. 🏌️‍♂️

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07/10/2026

Doc… be honest. Is PRP or stem cells better for my knee?”
I hear that question constantly — on the range, in the clubhouse, at random grocery store aisles.
Most golfers with mild to moderate knee arthritis have only been shown two doors:
cortisone now, surgery later.
Meanwhile, their feed is full of ads for PRP and every flavor of “stem cell” injection.
In my latest video, I break down how I actually answer that question:
• PRP, microfat (fat‑based stem cell–type treatments), and bone marrow are different tools, not a hierarchy.
• For many still‑active golfers with mild–moderate arthritis, PRP is often the smartest first move — your own blood, concentrated, with strong evidence behind it.
• Microfat and bone marrow are options I use for specific patterns of damage and specific goals, not because they sound fancier.
IF YOU DO get a proper golf‑specific evaluation and match the treatment to what’s really going on in your knee, you give yourself a real shot at delaying or even avoiding knee replacement.
IF YOU DON’T, you’re just guessing between ads while the joint slowly wears down.
Before your next round, grab my free 5‑minute Ready for Tee Off warm‑up guide at readyforteeoff.com ⛳️
It includes the Reverse Lunge with Overhead Reach — one of my favorite moves to take stress off the knee before you tee it up.
Then watch the full breakdown here: https://youtu.be/9Oqk4cDp9yY?is=1udfHU-5lGnd_F5f
Share this with the guy in your group who keeps talking about PRP vs stem cells but still limps off 18.

Free 5-Minute Golf Warm-Up Guide: https://readyforteeoff.com/Work ...

07/06/2026

You’ve checked every box the system gave you.
You saw the ortho.
You got the cortisone shot.
You put the time in with PT.
Yet your knee still tightens up on the back nine, and the next step on the menu is “we can always do surgery.”
The truth no one explains is this:
Most insurance‑driven knee care is designed to move you through the clinic, not to protect your joint and your game for the next 10 years.
In my latest video, I walk through 3 ways golfers can fix knee pain without surgery:
1️⃣ Get a real regenerative knee evaluation early, before you’re “bone on bone”
2️⃣ Use your own biology (PRP + microfat) to change what’s happening inside the joint
3️⃣ Build golf‑specific strength so your quads, hamstrings and glutes can actually absorb the load
If your legs can’t handle the forces of your swing, no injection can outrun that forever.
I also put together a free 5‑minute warm‑up guide just for golfers with knee pain — Ready for Tee Off — at readyforteeoff.com.
Grab it, then watch the full video here: https://youtu.be/FdR0o74Kjjg?is=W9KuT_amGWRNURD9
Know someone in your group who is “just managing” their knee every Saturday?
Tag them or share this with the foursome. They need to hear this.
⛳🦵

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