Linda Truong is a Canadian physiotherapist with over ten years of experience in sports rehabilitation and a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia. She has a strong desire to discover innovative ways to deliver clinical care leading her to develop an evidence-based group rehabilitation program for persons with traumatic knee injuries. With Linda, I talk about the balance between a clinical and an academic career, the weight of academics and specifically pursuing a PhD, and how self-confidence helps you break through this academic culture. 

To break the ice and get to know Linda better, I asked her what would be the first song on the mixtape of her life. Somebody to Love by Queen.

This interview with Linda turned out to be all about balance. The balance between a clinical and academic viewpoint and career. The balance between being humble, but also embrace your self-confidence. A balance between hard work, passion and perseverance.  Thinking about balance, out of my talk with Linda, I find myself often focusing on only one side of the scale and then I forget the complementary other side. Here lies a good exercise for myself, and I am sure I am not the only one who gets entangled like this at times.