Dr. Rowan Paul

Overcoming Barriers to Exercise

Sticking to a regular exercise routine is difficult. There are many distractions and motivation can always be an issue. However, these issues do not need to stand in your way. Dr. Rowan Paul, staff physician from RightHealth.com joins the show with tips on overcoming these exercise barriers.

Dr. Rowan Paul, the author of ShapeUp, is a staff physician with RightHealth. Dr Paul is a board certified Family Physician, currently working as a sports medicine physician in San Francisco at California Pacific Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine. His academic interests include non-operative management of musculoskeletal injuries including the spine, shoulder, knee and ankle. He is also interested in exercise prescription for preventative and therapeutic health, injury prevention, concussion, exercise nutrition, as well as treating athletes of all ages with other diverse sports medicine problems.

Dr. Paul is originally born and raised in Toronto, Canada and moved to the U.S to do his undergraduate A.B in Geology and Biology at Brown University, Providence, RI. He earned his M.D at Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, then moved to California to do his medical residency at O'Connor Hospital/Stanford University in San Jose, CA.

He is currently an active triathlete, marathon runner, martial artist and outdoorsman who loves animals, good food, mechanics, car design and engineering and thinking about potential ways to fix our world. He is happily married to Naomi Ture, a documentary and film producer in Mountain View, CA.

Dr. Derrick DeSilva

9 / 28 / 2009