Dr. Alexis Morgan // #ICEPelvic // www.ptonice.com  In today's episode of the PT on ICE Daily Show, #ICEPelvic division leader Alexis Morgan discusses three myths in pelvic health surrounding pelvic health demographics, urinary incontinence, and sexual intercourse. 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 ALEXS MORGANGood morning, PT on Ice Daily Show. My name is Dr. Alexis Morgan, and I am so happy to be with you all this morning to talk about some myths and bust them. So there are so many myths in pelvic health. I narrowed it down to three. I might sneak a fourth one in. But there are so many myths that need to be dispelled in this area of pelvic health. And so this morning we are going to talk about a couple of misconceptions in the topic of pelvic health and then what the actual facts are. So thank you all for joining me so much this morning. At the end, we'll talk about some courses upcoming in the pelvic health division if you are interested in joining us. So top three myths. Number one, only women need to worry about pelvic health. Number two, urinary incontinence is a normal part of aging. And number three, pain during sex is normal. Three myths that are pervasive in this space. MYTH #1: ONLY WOMEN NEED TO WORRY ABOUT PELVIC HEALTH So let's start with myth number one. Only women need to worry about pelvic health. This is absolutely not true. All people need to be considerate of pelvic health. All people can have pelvic floor issues, no matter what your anatomy is. So whether there is a penis or a vagina, you may have issues that are because of your pelvic floor. So some common issues that we treat are chronic prostatitis, slash chronic pelvic pain. And that is, um, that is what a topic that we discuss in our level two course, as well as erectile dysfunction and so many more. these issues can absolutely be addressed with a pelvic floor physical therapist, a pelvic floor therapist altogether. And it's really important that people understand that these issues can absolutely be addressed And so often, of course, you'll have to take our course to learn a whole lot more about it, but so often these lifestyle things that we discuss like eating well and exercise and getting blood flow, all of those are so incredibly important for all people. And in particular, issues as we just discussed, like chronic pain and even erectile dysfunction. So of course, big solution being when we kind of shift the gears and talk about how all people may benefit from pelvic health, then all people have an equal opportunity to seek that care. that's a big part of why in the ice certification for pelvic health we go over all anatomy and all diagnoses surrounding any and every pelvic floor issue that can arise here because We want to provide health for all. And if you are ICE certified in pelvic, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. You have the abilities to provide that care to all people. Speaking of, congratulations to our individuals, our very first individuals who are ICE certified in pelvic. We just completed our first level two course and we have several who are now ICE certified in pelvic. So congratulations to you all. MYTH #2 - URINARY CONTINENCE IS A NORMAL PART OF AGING Moving on to myth number two, urinary incontinence is a normal part of agin