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Service
Chiropractic Care
in Lakeland and The Villages, FL
Hands-on spinal care from a Doctor of Chiropractic who takes the time to find out what is actually driving your pain. Two Central Florida offices, one plan, no rush.
- 22 years in practice
- Doctor of Chiropractic led
- $47 new-patient exam
Medically reviewed by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC Updated September 26, 2026
Chiropractic Care at ChiroMed
Have you already been told to rest and take something?
You have been to the walk-in clinic. You have been handed a muscle relaxant and told to rest.
Maybe someone took a film, said it looked fine, and sent you home still hurting. None of that answers the question you actually came in with: why does this keep happening?
Where does chiropractic care fit in this practice?
It is the foundation of everything done here. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC has spent 22 years working out what drives a person's pain rather than quieting it for a week at a time.
It is also the entry point to the full range of chiropractic services offered here. If it is the wrong tool for your case, you will hear that at the first visit.
It is one of the treatments offered through our chiropractic services.
What chiropractic care actually does
Chiropractic care is hands-on treatment of the spinal joints and the muscles around them, delivered by a licensed Doctor of Chiropractic. A controlled force is applied to a joint that is not moving well. That restores motion, settles irritation on nearby nerves, and takes load off the tissue that hurts.
Spines differ and so do patients, so the technique is chosen for the person on the table.
Manual adjusting is a precise, quick, low-amplitude thrust delivered by hand into a specific segment. It is what most people picture, and what most working-age patients with a stiff, restricted spine respond to fastest.
Lower-force and instrument-assisted adjusting uses a handheld instrument or a drop table to deliver the same directional input with a fraction of the force and no twisting.
That is how we treat osteoporosis, recent surgery, significant arthritis, or simple nerves about being adjusted by hand. Both offices use it heavily with older patients.
Extremity adjusting matters because shoulders, hips, knees, wrists and ankles are joints too. A restricted hip or a stiff mid-foot will quietly load your lower back for years, so we examine your limbs alongside your spine.
Supporting soft-tissue and rehabilitative work decides whether the motion holds. Adjusting restores movement at the joint, muscle and fascia keep it there, so we add manual work and specific loading when the joint keeps sliding back into the same restriction between visits.
How it works
The restriction
A spinal joint stops moving through its full range. Load that segment used to carry shifts onto the tissue on either side of it.
The referred complaint
The tissue picking up that extra load is usually where you feel the pain. That is why the sore spot and the actual problem are so often in different places, and why heat and ibuprofen on the sore spot keep failing.
The adjustment
Examination finds the restricted segment, and a directed force restores its motion. Soft-tissue work and specific loading decide whether that change holds between visits.
Who chiropractic care helps
- Mechanical back and neck pain tied to joint restriction
- Headaches that begin at the base of the skull
- Morning stiffness that loosens once you start moving
- A restricted hip or a stiff mid-foot loading the low back
Who it does not help
- Pain from a structural lesion that has stopped responding to conservative care
- Nerve compression that testing says needs a referral rather than a longer plan
- A red flag finding, which needs imaging or the right provider before any adjustment
Background reading from an independent authority: a 2019 systematic review of spinal manipulative therapy for chronic low back pain.
Conditions we treat with it
You can read more about each one. The examination decides which of them applies to you.
Why patients choose it
Nothing is cut or fused
Nothing is cut, nothing is fused, nothing is permanently altered. If chiropractic does not work for you, every other option is still open to you afterward.
The examination comes first
Orthopedic and neurological testing, movement screening, and imaging when a specific question needs answering. Care is built on what we find. A warning sign means you are sent for the right test instead of being adjusted.
The plan has an end date and a re-check
You are re-examined on a schedule, so progress is measured rather than assumed. The plan can be shortened, changed or closed out when the findings say so.
One doctor, one set of records
Dr. Bergin performs the examination personally and follows the case himself. There is no handoff to a rotating associate who has to rebuild your history from a chart.
Cost, insurance and financing
What a plan of care costs you depends on a few things. The front desk gives you the figure before you commit, and the report of findings tells you how long the plan runs.
The one published price
Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47
What affects the cost
- Whether the visit is an examination or a follow-up adjustment
- Whether imaging is needed to answer a specific question
- Your plan deductible, copay and visit allowance
- How long the plan of care runs and whether supporting therapy is included
- Whether one region or several are being treated at each visit
What a course includes
- Consultation with Dr. Justin Bergin, DC
- Orthopedic and neurological examination
- X-rays if they are clinically indicated
- Report of findings
Payment:
Chiropractic care at ChiroMed bills insurance, and our team verifies your benefits before your first visit.
New patients can start with the consultation, exam, X-rays if needed, and report of findings for $47.
Payment plans are available for self-pay care. Ask the front desk which plan fits your course of care.
Why ChiroMed
Who runs your case, and for how long?
Dr. Justin Bergin, DC has 22 years in practice and two Central Florida offices. The concierge model gives you the appointment length your problem actually needs.
What sits behind the adjustment?
Spinal and knee decompression, Omniwave shockwave, Neuromed electroanalgesia, and regenerative, metabolic and sexual-wellness care are all in the same building. One Doctor of Chiropractic directs all of it.
When adjusting alone is not enough, the next step is not a new clinic. You do not start over with a new intake form and a provider who has never met you.
Chiropractic is the entry point rather than the whole story, and you can see how our chiropractic services connect to the rest of your care.
Where you would be treated
Which office is easier for you to reach?
Both offices deliver the same chiropractic care, so you can be seen at whichever one suits your week.
The Lakeland office sits on S. Florida Avenue in Suite 13, a short drive from Southgate Shopping Center and Lakeside Village. Patients coming from Highland City, Christina, Scott Lake and Dixieland get there quickly off the Polk Parkway.
What if the Lady Lake office is closer?
It is on North US-441 just above CR 466, a straightforward drive from Spanish Springs Town Square.
Patients come across from Summerfield, Oxford and Wildwood, and from the rest of Lake, Sumter and Marion counties.
In Lakeland that is 6595 Florida Ave S, Suite 13, Lakeland, serving Polk County. In the Villages market the office is at 929 US-441 #404, Lady Lake, serving Lake County, Sumter County, Marion County. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC performs the examination personally at both, 22 years into practice.
More on chiropractic services.
Available at our 2 locations
Treatment at our Lakeland office, and also at:
From the ChiroMed Journal
Further reading on adjustments and what to expect from them. Each of these was written to answer something a patient asked in the office.
- The Real Reason Your Spine Pops, and What It Means
The pop during an adjustment is gas in joint fluid, not bones moving. Here is what cavitation is, whether the sound matters, and when popping deserves an exam.
- Why Hip Pain Often Starts in the Back or Pelvis
Groin, outer hip and buttock pain frequently trace to the lumbar spine or the SI joint. How a spine practice sorts it out. New patient exam $47 in Lakeland.
- Why Chronic Neck Pain Returns After Every Round of Relief
Neck pain that keeps coming back is usually a motion and load problem, not a muscle problem. What a real chiropractic plan changes. New patient exam $47.
- What a Chiropractic Adjustment Actually Does to a Stiff Spine
A chiropractic adjustment restores motion in restricted spinal joints. What it does, who it suits, and what a first exam covers. New patient exam $47.
Chiropractic Care in recent research
These sources are independent of this practice and none of them endorses it. They are listed so the reasoning behind the care can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Noninvasive Treatments for Acute, Subacute, and Chronic Low Back Pain: A Clinical Practice Guideline From the American College of Physicians
The guideline that placed spinal manipulation among the non-drug first-line options for low back pain.
- Spinal Manipulation: What You Need To Know
A plain summary for patients of what manipulation does and does not do, including the rare but real risks.
- Association of Spinal Manipulative Therapy With Clinical Benefit and Harm for Acute Low Back Pain: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Found modest improvement in pain and function at up to six weeks with transient minor soreness, and noted that results varied widely between trials.
Compare your options
Real alternatives exist, including ones this practice does not perform. Here is the honest set.
| Option | What it is | Typically considered when | Invasive? | Offered at ChiroMed? |
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| Chiropractic adjustment Our approach | Hands-on or instrument-assisted movement of a specific spinal joint | Pain and stiffness tied to joint restriction, posture or a recent strain | No | Yes |
| Rehabilitative exercise and soft-tissue work | Loaded movement plus manual work on muscle and fascia | The joint moves better after adjusting but the tissue around it keeps re-tightening | No | Yes |
| Spinal decompression | Computer-controlled cycles of traction that gently separate two vertebrae | Disc pressure or nerve-root irritation is driving the pain and adjusting alone has not settled it | No | Yes |
| Prescription pain and muscle relaxant medication | Drug therapy aimed at the pain signal | Short-term control while a cause is being identified | No | Not prescribed here. Reasonable for short-term control under the prescriber who knows your history |
| Epidural or nerve-root injection | Steroid placed near an irritated nerve root under imaging | Nerve pain that has not settled with conservative care, where imaging shows a matching lesion | Minimally | Not performed here. Appropriate when conservative care has failed and imaging confirms the source |
| Spine surgery | Surgical removal or fusion of the structure compressing a nerve | Progressive weakness, bowel or bladder change, or a confirmed lesion that has failed everything else | Yes | Not performed here. Surgery has a real place and we will tell you when you have reached it |
Two of the six options above are not performed at this clinic, and both are right for some patients. The first visit tells you which group you are in.
Is chiropractic care right for someone like you?
Candidacy is decided at the examination, not on a web page. These are the general lines.
Likely a good candidate if
- Your pain is worse in certain positions and better in others
- You have been told the imaging is normal but you still hurt
- Stiffness in the morning that loosens once you start moving
- Headaches that begin at the base of the skull
- You want to try something before medication or injections
- Neck pain that traces back to an old whiplash injury
We will point you elsewhere if
- Sudden loss of bladder or bowel control, which is an emergency
- Progressive weakness, or a foot that is starting to drag
- Unexplained weight loss, fever, or night pain that does not change with position
- You take blood thinners or have known bone fragility with no current scan
- A recent significant fall or crash that has not been imaged
When we are not the right answer, we say so, and connect you with someone who is.
Your first visit
What to expect, step by step
Your first visit is an examination, not a treatment. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC takes your history, tests how the spine moves and takes X-rays if they are needed.
You come back for a report of findings, where he tells you what he found and what he thinks care should look like. The length of a course is set at that appointment, once there is something real to base it on.
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01Discovery consultation
You tell the story in full. What happened, what you have already tried, what you are no longer able to do. Nobody interrupts you and nobody is watching the clock.
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02Examination and imaging if needed
Orthopedic and neurological testing, movement screening, and digital X-rays when the findings call for them. Imaging is taken because a question needs answering, never by default.
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Report of findings
Dr. Bergin sits down and shows you what he found, what he believes is driving it, and what care would look like. You decide from there, with the cost in front of you.
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Care and re-check
Adjusting plus any supporting work, then a scheduled re-examination. The plan is measured against your actual progress rather than assumed.
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An adjustment that is not aimed at a specific finding is just noise. We treat what the exam and the X-ray tell us to treat.
“Dr. Bergin was instrumental in relieving my back pain which I had for many years. The techniques he used on relieving my back pain were impressive. I been going to chiropractors for years and Dr. Bergin is the best. Thank You Dr. Bergin :)”
“Took a good amount of time going over my preliminary results and going over potential care plan. Great adjustment and doesn’t sugarcoat when discussing. Would recommend”
“The environment is incredible at this office with the staff and also both doctors are extremely friendly and great at what they do”
“Amazing, Super friendly and talented Staff and Doctors! My back was a hot mess after a semi hit my car on my first day moving to Florida. But after going through the treatment program I was able to get my neck, my back and my life in alignment. It was a total transformation. Thank You New City Chiropractic!”
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“HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend coming here if you have any pains in your back or neck!! These guys are AMAZING at what they do!! Just a few months into coming here, I feel a change in the way I walk, the way my head sits on my shoulders, and I just feel GREAT; ALL THE TIME!! Crazy what some little adjustments did for me!!”
“This is an awesome chiropractic!! They are all nice and kind! Ever Since I have been adjusting my back, I don't need to take medicine before I go to bed. Also, I have been sleeping without waking up in the middle of the night because of the pain!! I really recommend the chiropractic 😊”
“I have had sich a great experience seeing Dr. Bergin. When other offices have told me I just had muscle damage or the only thing they could do for me was give shots, he said he had others ways to manage my pain and numbness, along with improving mobility. And he was right! I feel so much better! With such friendly staff and welcoming office environment, it makes for an amazing experience. I'll definitely continue seeing him!”
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“The staff is super friendly and they walked me through the whole process. I’ve been going for a few weeks now and I’m already feeling results! The treatment the offer is very hands on and informative. I’ve never had manual adjustments until coming to this office and the staff makes you feel comfortable and takes care of your needs. Highly recommend !”
“The best Chiropractic center in South lakeland! love it here the Doctors are very urged to help with any of your needs, the beautiful assistants are nice and helpful they really make you feel welcomed. Most highly recommended Chiropractic Center. :)”
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“My pain has decreased dramatically, I’m no longer stretching and moving my neck in every angle trying to find relief. Every part of my body I can feel is finally getting closer to symmetry! All I can say is you should give new city a try!”
“I love this place!! They're very caring for their patients and strive to help you feel better. I strongly recommend giving them a try. I promise you won't regret it”
“The staff is very knowledgeable and organized, they get to know you and are flexible about fitting your treatment in to your life. They use proven methods to treat the root of your issues and the results are incredible. I was in a lot of pain after a car crash and within a few weeks I was able to go back to my normal routine with no discomfort.”
“I have seen and feel the change in my body since I started, I use to have major pain in my knees and neck ache. I'm an athlete and constantly need more adjustments, and every time I come I always without a doubt feel welcomed and important.”
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Tell us what the problem is and which office is closer. The front desk answers during office hours; leave a message after hours and they call back the next open day.
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- $47 consultation, exam, X-rays if needed and report of findings
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Chiropractic Care questions
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What is a red flag in chiropractic?
A red flag is a finding that means imaging or a referral comes before any adjustment.
The ones that matter most are loss of bladder or bowel control, progressive weakness or numbness in a limb, and unexplained weight loss. Fever, a history of cancer, night pain that does not change with position and significant recent trauma also count.
Dr. Bergin screens for all of them at the first visit. If one turns up, you are sent for the right test or the right provider instead of being adjusted.
Why do doctors discourage chiropractors?
Some do, and the usual reasons are inconsistent quality across the profession, open-ended care plans, and claims made for problems outside a musculoskeletal scope. Those are fair criticisms of bad practice.
The published evidence for spinal manipulation in mechanical back and neck pain is reasonable, and most major back-pain guidelines list manual therapy as an option before medication or surgery.
Ask any chiropractor how they screen for red flags, how long the plan runs, and what would make them refer you out.
Can a chiropractor fix a pinched nerve?
It depends on what is pinching it. When a nerve is irritated by joint restriction, muscle tension or disc pressure, chiropractic care and decompression can take that pressure off, and the symptoms often settle.
When the nerve is compressed by a structural lesion that has stopped responding, you need a referral rather than a longer care plan. Testing at the first visit is what separates the two.
What is the average cost of a chiropractic adjustment in Florida?
It varies by clinic, by region and by whether insurance is involved, so any single figure is misleading.
Here is how it works at ChiroMed. Chiropractic care bills insurance, and the front desk verifies your benefits before your first visit so you know your copay in advance.
New patients can start with the $47 consultation, exam, X-rays if needed, and report of findings.
Does the adjustment hurt?
For most people it does not. The audible release people expect is gas moving inside the joint, not bone on bone.
Some patients feel mild soreness for a day afterward, similar to the feeling after new exercise.
If manual adjusting is not something you want, say so. Instrument-assisted and drop-table techniques produce a similar effect with far less force, and older patients frequently prefer them.
How long before I know whether it is working?
You get a re-examination date at the report of findings. On that date the question is answered with testing rather than with a feeling.
Many patients notice a change in the first few weeks, and some take longer, particularly where the problem has been building for years.
An open-ended plan with no checkpoint is not how we work. If your progress has not moved by the re-check, the plan changes or you are referred on.
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