The Instructors
Marcy Dayan
Marcy is a registered physiotherapist and is a designated Clinical Specialist in Women’s Health with expertise in the management and treatment of both female and male bladder and bowel control, vaginal/genital/rectal pain, diastasis abdominus and perinatal low back, SIJ and symphysis pubis dysfunction and pain.
Since graduating from UBC with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physiotherapy in 1984, Marcy has completed postgraduate courses in incontinence, pain, sexual health and counseling, pelvic dysfunction and orthopaedics. She has also completed a Master of Health Administration from the University of British Columbia. Active in clinical practice, teaching and research, Marcy works in private practice at Dayan Physiotherapy and Pelvic Floor Clinic as well as in public practice at the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority’s Prostate Cancer Supportive Care program and the Multidisciplinary Vulvodynia Program. She is a clinical faculty member and lecturer on urogenital pathophysiology in the Master of Physiotherapy program at the University of British Columbia.
When not at work, you can find Marcy spending time with her family, cycling, kayaking or at her torch making glass beads, wonky wine goblets and silver and glass jewelry and sculpture.
Anna Hudon-Kaide
Anna is a registered physiotherapist with a passion for helping those with pelvic floor dysfunction. She assesses and treats pelvic health conditions including bladder and bowel control problems, pelvic organ prolapse, painful intercourse, and other genital pain conditions. She’s equally interested in treating perinatal pelvic pain such as pubic symphysis, SI joint and back pain, as well as coccydynia (tailbone pain).
Anna obtained a Master of Health Sciences in Physiotherapy from the University of Ottawa in 2018, and completed post-graduate training in pelvic floor rehabilitation with Marcy Dayan. Prior to this, Anna earned her Bachelor of Sciences in Neuropsychology from the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, where she’s from. As a newly-graduated orthopedic practitioner, Anna came to realize how many people have common concerns related to their pelvic health. She also noticed that most people were too embarrassed to seek advice, or simply unaware that treatment is available.
In 2019, Anna joined Dayan Physiotherapy and Pelvic Floor Clinic, which has since amalgamated with Envision Physiotherapy. Anna feels an important part of her work is to help shed the stigma of pelvic health concerns and assist people in optimizing the health and function of their pelvic floor, enabling them to fully engage in all aspects of their lives with comfort and joy. Recently, Anna assumed preceptorship of midwifery students and has found an appreciation for passing on her expertise.
In her personal time Anna enjoys camping, cycling and paddleboarding. During winter months, she crafts objects out of yarn, fabric, canvas, leather and wood.