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The Villages office

Knee Decompression
in The Villages, FL

Non-surgical knee care at 929 US-441 #404, Lady Lake, FL 32159, for people who have been told a replacement is the next step. The new-patient consultation, exam, X-rays if needed and report of findings is $47.

  • 22 years in practice
  • $47 new-patient exam

Medically reviewed by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC Updated September 18, 2026

Has the knee started setting your calendar?

The knee goes first around here, and it goes on a schedule. Eighteen holes becomes nine. The pickleball ladder becomes doubles only.

The stairs at the front of the house start getting planned around, and the cart gets used for trips that used to be a walk.

What if you are already out of injections?

Maybe that is where you are: one injection, then a second that did less, then a conversation about a replacement. Nothing was offered between the needle and the operating table.

Knee decompression sits in that gap. It is done at our Lady Lake office on US-441.

So what does a first visit actually settle?

Nobody at this office promises you a new joint, and anybody who does is selling.

What the examination settles is whether your knee is the kind that responds. You hear that the same day, from the person who examined you.

What knee decompression is

Knee decompression applies slow, controlled traction along the leg to ease the joint surfaces apart and take load off compressed tissue. No needle, no incision, no anesthetic. At the Lady Lake office it runs on the same three treating days as the rest of your care.

Load is what hurts, and mileage is what wears knees in this market: parking lots, the squares, eighteen holes, the pool deck, then the walk back to where the cart is parked.

Volume, not violence. Decompression treats the mechanical half of that and nothing else.

How it works

  1. The pull

    Slow, controlled traction is applied along the leg while you lie on the table. No needle, no incision, no anesthetic.

  2. The surfaces ease apart

    While the pull is on, the joint surfaces are eased apart and load comes off the compressed tissue between them.

  3. The mechanical half, and only that

    What can change is how much load the joint carries through an ordinary day, and how far you get before pain stops you.

The Knees We See at the Lady Lake Office

Not every knee belongs on this program, and the examination decides which do. These are the ones that walk in here.

The league knee

Golf, pickleball, tennis and softball, played three or four days a week for decades. The joint is not damaged so much as never given a day off. Pain shows up on stairs first, then on the walk in from the parking space, then during the round itself.

The knee that has run out of injections

Cortisone that worked, then worked less, then barely worked at all. Quieting inflammation does nothing about the load that keeps producing it, which is the part a table can change. Some of you already have a surgery date, and that window is still a fair time to try this.

The knee that is really a hip or a back

Nerves supplying the knee leave the lower spine, and a stiff hip changes how the joint tracks with every step. If nothing on the knee examination reproduces your pain, the source may sit above it. Both get screened here.

Compare Your Options

OptionWhat it isTypically considered whenInvasive?Offered at ChiroMed?
Knee decompressionControlled traction that unloads the joint surfacesThe knee hurts under load, imaging shows wear rather than a destroyed surface, and you want mechanics tried before medicationNoYes, at this address
Omniwave shockwaveAcoustic pressure waves into tendon and ligament tissue beside the jointPain sits in the tissue around the knee rather than inside the jointNoYes, at this address
Cortisone or hyaluronic acid injectionA steroid or lubricating gel placed into the jointA flare has to be quieted quickly, or a specialist wants to test whether the joint is the pain sourceMinimallyNot performed here. Ask the provider who offered it
Radiofrequency ablationHeat through a needle to interrupt the nerves carrying pain from the kneeInjections gave short relief and a longer block is wanted before surgeryMinimallyNot performed here. That belongs with a pain specialist
Total knee replacementAn operation replacing the worn surfaces with an implantImaging shows end-stage disease, pain wakes you at night, and walking distance has collapsedYesNot performed here. Genuinely the right call for some knees, and we say so early

Who This Suits, and Who It Does Not

Likely a good fit if: the knee hurts under load and eases with rest. Imaging shows narrowing and wear rather than a destroyed surface. Injections helped and then stopped. A replacement has been raised and you want conservative care to have its turn first. You can get on and off a table and tolerate a steady pull on the leg.

Generally not appropriate if: the joint surface is already gone. There is infection, a recent fracture, or swelling nobody has worked up. A ligament tear has left the knee unstable. You already have a replacement in that knee. You want a guarantee, which nobody honest will give you.

That is settled at the examination, not on the phone.

Why This Office

The unusual part is not the machine. It is that one clinician can unload the joint on the table, treat an irritable tendon beside it with Omniwave, treat a lower back that is referring pain down the leg, and address the blood sugar and weight sitting underneath all of it, on one plan in one suite. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC built that across 22 years, and the schedule here is concierge, so nobody moves you along while you are still describing the problem. Where your knee turns out to be one part of a wider picture, it goes into the non-surgical joint and recovery care written for this market.

Opening days, the suite, parking and getting here are set out on the office page for Lady Lake. Call (352) 915-7150 and ask what is open this week. New patients start at $47, and you leave the first visit knowing whether this is worth your time.

For the picture at both offices, see how knee decompression works and who it suits.

Cost, insurance and financing

Nobody can price a knee over the phone, and this office does not pretend otherwise. What it costs follows what the examination finds, and you hear the whole figure at the report of findings before anything begins.

The one published price

Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47

What affects the cost

  • Whether decompression is the whole plan or one part of a wider knee program
  • Whether the hip or lower back is feeding the problem and needs treating too
  • Whether imaging is needed, or you already have recent films from a local orthopedic office
  • How long a course the findings support, which is set after the examination and never before it

What a course includes

  • The consultation with Dr. Justin Bergin, DC at the Lady Lake office
  • The examination, and X-rays if they change the recommendation
  • The written report of findings and the recommended course
  • Re-checks against the markers taken on your first visit

Payment:

Knee decompression is self-pay. Where chiropractic care is part of your plan, that portion bills insurance and our team verifies those benefits before your first visit. This is a retirement market, so Medicare gets asked about here: coverage varies by plan and by service, and the front desk tells you exactly what applies before you commit to anything. Payment plans are available for self-pay care. Ask the front desk which plan fits your course of care. Every new patient starts the same way: Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47.

Our Lady Lake office

929 US-441 #404
Lady Lake, FL 32159
(352) 915-7150
  • 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

Serving Lake County, Sumter County, Marion County.

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Who treats you at our Lady Lake office

Dr. Justin Bergin, DC performs the examination personally at this office, 22 years into practice.

The medically supervised programs, including weight management and the sexual wellness line, run under medical oversight.

What we are near

Where on US-441 is the office?

The office sits on North US-441 a little above the CR 466 lights, in suite 404.

Parking is ground level a few steps from the door, with no garage to circle and no stairs to climb on a sore knee.

Can you get here by golf cart?

Patients arrive by cart. Routes through this community change often enough that the front desk talks you through the current one when you call.

Which town square are you coming from?

Spanish Springs Town Square is the nearest of the three squares. Lake Sumter Landing is an easy run, and Brownwood Paddock Square is the longest.

Which towns do patients drive in from?

Patients also come from Lady Lake, Summerfield, Wildwood, Oxford, Fruitland Park and Leesburg, across Sumter, Lake and Marion counties.

What else sits close to this address?

UF Health The Villages Hospital is close by, and the Lake-Sumter State College campus in Leesburg is a short drive. We are not affiliated with either one.

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

Patient experience at our Lady Lake office

Why is there not a wall of reviews on this page?

This is the newer of our two offices and the review base here is still small, so we are not going to dress a handful of comments up as proof.

Substance is what we can put in front of you instead.

Who actually treats at this address?

Dr. Justin Bergin, DC has 22 years in practice and treats at this address himself, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Do people travel for this one?

Patients drive in for knee decompression from Summerfield, Wildwood and Leesburg.

What stops the wrong knee being enrolled?

Nothing is booked before an examination, and a knee that belongs with a surgeon is sent to one rather than enrolled.

Have you already been treated at Lady Lake?

If you have been treated at Lady Lake, a review on Google helps the next person here decide whether to call.

Independent background: the plain-language osteoarthritis overview published by the National Library of Medicine.

Get in touch

Book knee decompression 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.

  1. 1

    Send the form

    Two minutes. Tell us what hurts and which office is closer.

  2. 2

    We call you back

    A real person, during office hours, to find a time that works.

  3. 3

    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

Your first visit

What to expect, step by step

The first visit at Lady Lake is an examination of the knee and of the hip and lower back above it. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC watches how you load the joint and looks for pain arriving from somewhere else. You get the findings in writing before any table time is booked, and the course is built around three treating days a week.

  1. 01

    A history that takes as long as it takes

    Which activities the knee has already cost you, and what a bad day looks like. Bring your medication list and any films from a local orthopedic office. At 74 a history takes longer to tell than at 40, and the appointment is built for it.

  2. 02

    The knee, and the hip and back above it

    Dr. Justin Bergin, DC watches you walk, loads the joint and screens the hip and lower back, because a knee can be where a problem lands rather than where it began. X-rays are taken here only when they change the recommendation.

  3. 03

    Findings, and a straight answer about surgery

    You hear what was found and whether decompression suits this knee. If the surface is gone and a surgeon is the right next call, that is what you are told. Nothing is booked before that conversation, and the plan cost comes with it.

  4. 04

    Table time on treating days, then a re-check

    Sessions are quiet and you drive yourself home, which matters when you came in alone. Progress is scored against what you could not do at the start: the stairs, the back nine, the night.

  5. 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. Justin Bergin, DC

Knee Decompression in The Villages 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.

  1. Osteoarthritis: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Steps to Take

    National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 2023

    The NIH summary of what is actually recommended for osteoarthritis, led by exercise and weight management, which is the frame any knee program sits inside.

  2. Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee

    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2024

    Finds low to moderate certainty that exercise improves knee pain and function short term, which is why loading work runs alongside any table time here.

  3. Physical modalities for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a network meta-analysis

    Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2025

    Compares physical modalities including laser and shockwave for knee osteoarthritis and finds heterogeneous results, so no single modality is the settled answer.

Knee Decompression in The Villages questions

Tap a message for the honest answer. Call The Villages (352) 915-7150

I golf three days a week. Do I have to stop while my knee is treated?

That is not where we start, and we would rather talk about how you play than tell you to sit down. What can change is the walking volume, the cart, the number of holes and what you do before you tee off. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC sets that with you at the report of findings, against the week you actually have. Care that costs you the thing you retired here to do is hard to stick with, and we know it.

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Will Medicare pay for knee decompression at the Lady Lake office?

Coverage varies by plan and by service, and nobody should answer that for you over the phone. Cash-pay device programs are generally not covered. Where chiropractic care forms part of your plan, that portion may be billable. Bring your card to the first visit and ask the front desk to check while you are there. You will be told what applies before you commit to anything.

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Are the treating days here the same as the Lakeland office?

No, and it catches people out. Lady Lake treats Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 8:30 AM to 1:00 PM and again from 2:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Tuesday and Friday are by appointment, and we are closed Saturday and Sunday. The Lakeland office runs to its own schedule, which is published on the page for the Lakeland office. Call (352) 915-7150 and the team will build your course around those three days.

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How do I find you coming from Spanish Springs Town Square?

Come out onto US-441 and head north. You stay on 441 past the CR 466 intersection, and we are a short run up that stretch at 929 US-441, suite 404. Look for the suite number rather than a big sign. Parking sits at ground level right outside, so there is no garage, no lobby to cross and no stairs. If you are coming from Lake Sumter Landing or Brownwood Paddock Square, allow a little extra at the 466 junction in the morning.

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A surgeon already told me I need a replacement. Is it too late to try this?

It depends on the joint, not on the conversation you have already had. Where the surface is genuinely gone and pain is waking you at night, a replacement is often the honest answer and you will hear us say so. Where the knee is irritable rather than finished, conservative care may not have had a fair trial yet. The examination tells those two apart, and starting here rules nothing out later.

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