Acerca de Margaret Walborg-Silva
Margaret Walborg-Silva is a licensed Occupational Therapist, LANA-Certified Lymphedema Therapist, and Certified Wellness Coach with more than 30 years of experience in physical rehabilitation and over 15 years specializing in lymphedema management. She practices in oncology rehabilitation at Sibley Memorial Hospital, part of Johns Hopkins Medicine, where she has focused on cancer rehabilitation since 2012 and specialized in head and neck cancer rehabilitation since 2018.
Margaret’s work is grounded in evidence-informed care that integrates lymphatic health, posture, and functional body movement to support recovery and long-term wellbeing after cancer treatment. She emphasizes exercise and movement that build strength, flexibility, and balance, while remaining meaningful and enjoyable for the individual, recognizing that sustainable recovery depends on both physical capacity and confidence in movement.
Research spanning randomized trials, systematic reviews, and functional outcome studies demonstrates that manual lymphatic drainage and self-management approaches consistently improve symptoms such as pain, heaviness, and discomfort, with associated gains in mobility, shoulder range of motion, and participation in daily activities, even when changes in limb volume are variable. When combined with education and exercise, self-manual lymphatic drainage (self-MLD) has been shown to support physical recovery while helping individuals reconnect with their bodies following surgery, reconstruction, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.
As the owner of Lymphatic Health and Wellness Coaching LLC, Margaret translates clinical principles into accessible, virtual coaching programs that complement — not replace — medical care. Her work focuses on empowering individuals with education, gentle self-care strategies, and movement practices that foster body awareness, restore trust in physical sensation, and build sustainable self-management skills.
The vision of Lymphatic Health and Wellness Coaching is to bridge the gap between medical treatment and everyday life — supporting people as they move forward after cancer with greater clarity, confidence, and ease in their bodies.
