Operator

Good day, and welcome to The Joint Corporation First Quarter 2026 Financial Results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Richard Land, Alliance Advisors Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Richard Land
Alliance Advisors, LLC

Thank you, Danielle, and good afternoon, everyone. This is Richard Land with Alliance Advisors Investor Relations. Joining us on the call today are President and CEO, Sanjiv Razdan, and CFO, Scott Bowman.

Please note, we are using a slide presentation that can be found on The Joint Corp's IR website. This afternoon, The Joint Corp. issued a press release for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. If you do not already have a copy, it can also be found on the company's website. Please be advised that today's discussion, including any financial and related guidance to be provided, consists of forward-looking statements as defined by securities laws. These statements are based on information currently available to us and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results, performance and business prospects and opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in or implied by these statements. Some important factors that could cause such differences are discussed in the Risk Factors section of The Joint Corp's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made, and the company assumes no obligation to update them, except to