The Villages, Florida
Ligament and Tendon Injury Treatment
in The Villages, FL
For the elbow, shoulder, Achilles or knee that has been grumbling for months rather than the one you hurt last week. Examined and treated at 929 US-441 #404, Lady Lake, FL 32159. First visit $47.
- Lady Lake office
- Non-surgical, drug free
- 22 years in practice
- $47 new-patient exam
Medically reviewed by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC Updated September 18, 2026
Is this the injury you actually have?
Very few people arrive here with a fresh tear. They arrive with something that has been niggling since the spring.
An elbow that flared after a month of three games a week and never fully quieted. A shoulder that objects to the top of the backswing. An Achilles stiff for the first hundred yards of every morning walk.
Why has resting it not settled it?
They have rested it, iced it, worn a strap and been told it takes time. Time alone is the one thing that does not fix a tendon, because a tendon only adapts when something asks it to.
Does being in your seventies change the plan?
Age is the other half of it. Connective tissue at 72 remodels more slowly than it did at 42, and the plan has to respect that.
Ligaments join bone to bone and hold a joint steady. Tendons join muscle to bone and carry force. Tendinopathy is a tendon that has become disorganized and sore under load rather than acutely torn. At the Lady Lake office these are graded first, then treated with Omniwave shockwave, manual work, laser and loading. Surgical repair is not done here. The first visit is $47.
This page covers The Villages specifically. The neutral ligament and tendon injury page covers the clinical picture for both offices.
Symptoms
What The Villages patients describe when they call this office.
- A pinpoint sore spot you can put one finger on
- An elbow that hurts gripping a club, a paddle or a kettle
- Stiffness for the first hundred yards, then it eases
- Pain the day after activity rather than during it
- A shoulder that catches reaching into a high cupboard
- Swelling around a joint you turned weeks ago
- A sense the knee or ankle might give way on uneven ground
- Soreness that settles with a week off and returns in two days
- Loss of grip strength without any obvious weakness elsewhere
Common causes
Volume that climbed faster than the tissue
Three pickleball mornings became five. A dormant golf game became four rounds a week after a move down here. Tendon adapts slowly, and the gap between what you now do and what the tissue has built for is where the pain lives.
A single moment that failed the tissue
A stumble off a curb, a turned ankle on a cart path, a hand put out to break a fall. The grade of that sprain decides how much protecting the joint needs first.
Tissue that remodels more slowly with the decades
Repair takes longer with the decades, and a previous injury to the same joint raises the odds again. What was harmless at forty can irritate the same tendon at seventy.
A joint above or below doing less than its share
A stiff mid back throws work into the rotator cuff. A locked ankle throws it into the Achilles. Treating the sore spot and ignoring the joint next door is why these come back.
Garden, grandchildren and the everyday load
Hours of pruning, a weekend of lifting a toddler, a wheelbarrow of mulch. Nobody reports these as injuries, and they often tipped an already busy tendon over.
How we treat it at our Lady Lake office
The first job is grading what you have and deciding whether it belongs here at all. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC tests the tissue, checks the joint above and below, and says plainly whether this is a conservative case or a surgical opinion. Where it is ours, the plan layers Omniwave shockwave, manual soft tissue work and laser on top of loading that is built up deliberately rather than avoided.
Omniwave shockwave for a tendon that has stalled
Acoustic pressure waves are put through the skin into a tendon that has stopped making progress on its own. This is the tool for the elbow or Achilles measured in months, and nothing is injected.
acoustic wave sessions for an elbow or Achilles that stopped progressing
Manual work on the thickened fibers
Hands-on and instrument assisted work on the dense tissue that forms around a healing tendon, so it glides and tolerates load again rather than feeling looser for an afternoon.
Cold laser while loading is still uncomfortable
Low level laser over the painful structure while the tissue will not yet take much work. It takes minutes and it is painless.
Knee decompression where the knee is the real problem
Where the sore structure sits in or around a knee that is already compressed, unloading the joint changes what the tendon puts up with. It comes up for knees that never came right after an old sprain.
Rehabilitation after a repair done elsewhere
Some patients in this market arrive already repaired. Structured rehabilitation is available here once your surgeon has cleared the joint to be loaded.
structured rehabilitation once a surgeon has cleared the joint
Our Lady Lake office
Chiromed Wellness Centers929 US-441 #404
Lady Lake, FL 32159
- Monday8:30am to 1:00pm and 2:30pm to 6:30pm
- TuesdayBy appointment
- Wednesday8:30am to 1:00pm and 2:30pm to 6:30pm
- Thursday8:30am to 1:00pm and 2:30pm to 6:30pm
- FridayBy appointment
- Saturday and SundayClosed
Dr. Justin Bergin, DC performs the examination personally at this office, 22 years into practice. Full office details are on our Lady Lake office page.
What we are near
Where exactly is the Lady Lake office?
You will find us at 929 US-441 #404, Lady Lake, FL 32159, on North US-441 just above where it meets CR 466. The suite is 404.
What is the walk in like on a sore Achilles?
Everything is on one level and parking sits outside the door. There are no stairs and no garage ramp to deal with on a sore Achilles or a braced knee.
Can I come by golf cart?
Golf carts are a normal way to arrive, and because the routes get changed the front desk gives you the current one over the phone.
Who else travels in to this office?
Patients travel in from The Villages itself and from Lady Lake, Summerfield, Wildwood, Oxford, Fruitland Park and Leesburg. That is across the Sumter, Lake and Marion county lines.
Which squares and landmarks are nearest?
Of the three squares, Spanish Springs is nearest, Lake Sumter Landing an easy drive and Brownwood Paddock Square the furthest.
Lake-Sumter State College has its campus in Leesburg a short drive south east, and UF Health The Villages Hospital is close at hand. We are not affiliated with either.
Our Lady Lake office is a short drive from the Lake-Sumter State College campus in Leesburg, and we serve the same tri-county community. We are not affiliated with the college.
ChiroMed is an independent practice. Naming nearby hospitals, colleges or landmarks describes where we are, not who we are affiliated with. There is no affiliation, partnership or endorsement of any kind.
- The Villages
- Lady Lake
- Summerfield
- Wildwood
- Oxford
- Fruitland Park
- Leesburg
Independent background: Osteoarthritis, National Institute on Aging.
Patient experience at our Lady Lake office
Has anybody written about tendon care at this office?
This is the newer of our two offices and only a handful of patients have written about it so far.
None of what exists describes a tendon or a ligament, so we have nothing local to show you on this page.
Why not show a Lakeland review instead?
Borrowing a Lakeland review would make it look otherwise, and it is not our proof to borrow.
Ligament and Tendon Injury 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.
- Sports Injuries
The federal reference on sprains, strains and tendinitis, including the grading that decides whether an injury can be managed without surgery.
- The Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Tendinopathy: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Pools the randomized trials of shockwave therapy across tendon problems, which is the evidence base for the Omniwave protocol used here.
What to expect
Your first visit, step by step
You know the plan and the cost before anything begins.
Get in touch
Book at our Lady Lake office
Choose The Villages on the form and the Lady Lake desk calls you back during office hours. Leave a message after hours and they call back the next open day.
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Send the form
Two minutes. Tell us what hurts and which office is closer.
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We call you back
A real person, during office hours, to find a time that works.
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Exam and answers
History, orthopedic and neurological testing, imaging on site when it changes the plan.
- $47 consultation, exam, X-rays if needed and report of findings
- Payment plans available on the self-pay programs
- Booking for our Lady Lake office
The Villages questions
Tap a message for the honest answer. Call The Villages (352) 915-7150
Do you treat pickleball elbow and golfer's elbow at the Lady Lake office?
Yes, and they are among the reasons people book here. Both are tendon problems at the elbow, one on the outer side and one on the inner, and both are assessed the same way as any other tendinopathy. The plan usually pairs device sessions with hands-on work and a grip and forearm loading program you run at home.
Which days can I be seen at this Lady Lake office?
Lady Lake treats Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM and 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Tuesday and Friday are by appointment, and this office is closed Saturday and Sunday. It matters for planning a course of care, because every treating visit has to sit inside those three days. If your schedule does not fit them, say so when you call and the front desk will tell you what is realistic. Our Lakeland office publishes its own schedule, so check when the Lakeland office runs its clinic days before assuming the two match.
I am in my seventies. Is it too late for this to settle?
No, though the honest version is that it usually takes longer than it would have done thirty years ago. Tendon tissue remodels more slowly with age and a previous injury to the same joint slows it further. What does not change is the mechanism: the tissue responds to being loaded properly. We set the expectation at the report of findings rather than at visit ten.
Is the shockwave equipment here or do I have to drive to Lakeland?
Both offices run the same service lineup, so shockwave is available to patients seen here. Which specific unit is sitting in which building is a question for the front desk rather than something we will assert on a web page. Call before you set off and you will be told exactly where your sessions will happen.
Should I stop playing while this is treated?
Complete rest usually makes a tendon worse, because it removes the one stimulus a tendon adapts to. The usual advice is to keep playing in a reduced form. Cut the number of games rather than stopping altogether, drop the shots that reproduce the sharp pain, and add the rest back in steps once the day after stops being sore. A full stop is reserved for injuries that grade badly on examination.
Same-week appointments
The Villages care, without the drive.
Call (352) 915-7150 or book online. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC performs the examination personally.
Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47