Dr. Christina Prevett // #ICEPelvic // www.ptonice.com  In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, #ICEPelvic division leader Christina Prevett discusses the role of physical therapy in the male fertility space. Take a listen to learn how to better serve this population of patients & athletes or check out the full show notes on our blog at www.ptonice.com/blog. If you're looking to learn more about our live pregnancy and postpartum physical therapy courses or our online physical therapy courses, check our entire list of continuing education courses for physical therapy including our physical therapy certifications by checking out our website. Don't forget about all of our FREE eBooks, prebuilt workshops, free CEUs, and other physical therapy continuing education on our Resources tab. Are you looking for more information on how to keep lifting weights while pregnant? Check out the ICE Pelvic bi-weekly newsletter! EPISODE TRANSCRIPTION INTROHey everyone, Alan here, Chief Operating Officer here at ICE. Before we get into today's episode, I'd like to introduce our sponsor, Jane, a clinic management software and EMR with a human touch. Whether you're switching your software or going paperless for the first time ever, the Jane team knows that the onboarding process can feel a little overwhelming. That's why with Jane, you don't just get software, you get a whole team. Including in every Jane subscription is their new award-winning customer support available by phone, email, or chat whenever you need it, even on Saturdays. You can also book a free account setup consultation to review your account and ensure that you feel confident about going live with your switch. And if you'd like some extra advice along the way, you can tap into a lovely community of practitioners, clinic owners, and front desk staff through Jane's community Facebook group. If you're interested in making the switch to Jane, head on over to jane.app.switch to book a one-on-one demo with a member of Jane's support team. Don't forget to mention code ICEPT1MO at the time of sign up for a one month free grace period on your new Jane account. CHRISTINA PREVETT Hello everybody and welcome to the PT on Ice daily show. My name is Christina Prevett. I am one of our lead faculty in both our pelvic health and our older adult division. I'm going to apologize in advance if I sound a little hoarse. I am not feeling well, but that doesn't mean that we aren't going to be able to have an incredible episode here on the podcast. So today I wanted to dive in a little bit on male fertility. So last podcast episode that I did several weeks ago, I was talking about our role as physical therapists or individuals in the rehab space in fertility. That conversation circled very much around female fertility and around ethical considerations for fertility. We're gonna continue that conversation. We are gonna launch off of that conversation into our male fertility and male fertility related factors. So I feel like when we are talking about individuals who are struggling with fertility related concerns, a lot of our conversation centers around the female pelvis. And that makes a lot of sense because individuals who are struggling with fertility, it's oftentimes, we are hearing about assisted reproductive technologies like IVF and IUI that are largely interventions that are done for females. And so if couples are dealing with infertility, the female is oftentimes doing different interventions to allow for more successful rates of conception or implantation in the uterus based on a variety of factors. What I think is important for us to recognize, though, is that 30 to 50% of couples who are going through infertility have male-related infertility factors. Let me repeat, between 30 and 50% of couples seeking help for fertility-related concerns have a male-related factor in their journey. And I think this is really relevant for us to be starting to have conversations about because so much of