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Condition
Neuropathy Treatment
in Lakeland and The Villages, FL
Burning feet, numbness and unsteady balance are worth taking seriously. We will tell you what care can change and what it cannot, then build a non-surgical plan around that answer.
- Neuromed protocol on site
- 22 years in practice
- $47 new-patient exam
Medically reviewed by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC Updated September 18, 2026
Quick summary
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves serving the hands and feet. Diabetes is the most common driver. Established nerve damage is not undone, and no clinic can honestly claim otherwise.
What care can change is the pain, the burning, the numbness, your balance, your sleep, daily function and often how fast it gets worse. ChiroMed treats it without surgery or nerve medication. First visit $47.
Understanding neuropathy
Peripheral neuropathy is damage to the nerves that carry signals between the spinal cord and the rest of the body. When those nerves are damaged, the signals they send become unreliable. That is why the symptoms feel strange: numbness in one place, burning in another, and often worse at night.
It is a category rather than a single disease, and more than a hundred types have been described.
The nerves most often affected are the longest ones. That is why symptoms usually start in the toes and work upward, and why they show up in both feet rather than down one leg.
Three fiber types can be involved, and which ones are damaged decides what you feel.
Timing matters too: nerves that are irritated or compressed behave very differently from nerves damaged for years.
How it works
Small sensory fibers
Damage here produces the burning and the electric jabs.
Large sensory fibers
Damage here produces the numbness and the loss of position sense that makes balance so hard in the dark.
Motor fibers
Damage here produces weakness and cramping.
Have you already been told there is nothing to be done?
Most people call us after a long stretch of hearing exactly that. The feet burn at night. The floor feels padded, or distant, or not quite there.
You have started watching where you put your feet on the stairs, and you have started turning things down because of it.
What does this practice promise about neuropathy?
Somewhere along the way a clinician said the word neuropathy, wrote a prescription that made you foggy, and moved on. ChiroMed does not make big promises about neuropathy.
You get an examination by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC, a plain account of what is likely to change in your case, and a non-surgical, drug-free plan when something can. The first conversation costs $47.
Independent background: Peripheral Neuropathy, Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Symptoms
Most people recognize their own version somewhere in this list. Each one maps to a specific finding the examination checks for.
- Numbness in the toes, feet or fingertips
- Tingling or a pins and needles sensation
- Burning, often worst at night in bed
- Stabbing or electric shock pains
- Loss of balance, and near falls
- Reduced sensation, as though walking on padding
- Muscle weakness in the feet or hands
- Cramping in the calves or the arches
- Sensitivity to touch, even to bedsheets
- Feet that feel cold without being cold
Common causes
Diabetes
The most common cause by a wide margin. Sustained high blood glucose damages the small vessels feeding peripheral nerves, and the longest nerves suffer first.
Chemotherapy-induced nerve damage
Several chemotherapy agents are toxic to peripheral nerves, and symptoms often begin during treatment. Anything we do is coordinated around your oncology team.
Spinal nerve compression
Pressure on a nerve root at the spine can produce symptoms that look peripheral but come from somewhere else. It is mechanical, identifiable, and the most important thing to rule out.
Vitamin B12 deficiency
B12 is essential to the myelin sheath around nerves. Deficiency is more common than people expect, and it is worth a blood test through your physician.
Alcohol-related nerve damage
Long-term heavy alcohol use damages peripheral nerves directly and through the nutritional deficiencies that follow. We raise it without judgment.
Idiopathic neuropathy
In a meaningful share of cases no cause is ever identified, even after thorough investigation. That is a genuine medical answer rather than a failure.
How we treat neuropathy in Lakeland and The Villages
Care is aimed at the symptoms, the circulation and the function, not at a claim about the nerve damage itself. The plan combines Neuromed electroanalgesia for the pain signalling, cold laser therapy, and decompression where the examination shows the spine is contributing.
Neuromed electroanalgesia for the pain signalling
Neuromed delivers targeted electrical stimulation aimed at the abnormal pain signalling rather than at masking it with a prescription. It is the anchor of the protocol here. It suits patients who want to avoid gabapentin and duloxetine, or who tried them and disliked how they felt.
Cold laser therapy for the affected tissue
Low-level light applied over the affected regions of the feet, ankles or hands, used alongside the neuromodulation rather than on its own. Where it helps, patients describe the burning becoming easier to sleep through first.
Spinal decompression where the spine is contributing
Some people carrying a neuropathy label actually have a nerve compressed at the spine. Where the examination points that way, computer-controlled decompression addresses the mechanical part directly.
computer-controlled decompression when the low back is involved
What the treatment looks like
Available at our 2 locations
Treatment at our Lakeland office, and also at:
What recovery usually looks like
Examination and baseline Your first two visits
Sensory testing, reflexes, balance screening and a review of your history and bloodwork. We map what sensation is present now, so later there is something objective to compare against.
The first block of care The opening weeks
Visits sit closer together while the protocol is established. Where it works, the first changes people report are sleep and the night-time burning.
Retesting against your baseline At a set checkpoint in the plan
We repeat the same sensory and balance testing from the baseline. If nothing measurable has moved, you are told and the plan changes or stops.
Keeping the gain and protecting your feet Ongoing, where it is earning its place
For patients who respond, attention shifts to holding the gain, protecting the feet and lowering the risk of a fall. For diabetic patients the biggest long-term factor stays with your physician.
When to seek care sooner
There is real work you can do at home, and for diabetic neuropathy it matters more than anything we do in the office.
Check your feet every single day, including between the toes and under the heel, using a mirror if you cannot see them easily. Never walk barefoot, indoors included.
Buy shoes at the end of the day, when your feet are largest. Moisturize the skin, but not between the toes. Have toenails and calluses managed by a podiatrist if sensation is reduced.
Walk daily if you can. Ask your physician about a B12 level.
Weakness that is getting worse quickly, a foot wound that will not heal, or numbness spreading over days needs a physician right away, not an appointment here.
Cost, insurance and financing
What neuropathy care costs depends on what the examination finds and which parts of the protocol are genuinely indicated for you. Your first visit is $47 and covers the consultation, examination, X-rays if needed and the report of findings, including the honest prognosis.
The one published price
Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47
What affects the cost
- Whether the nerve problem starts in your feet and hands, in your spine, or both
- Which elements of the protocol the examination actually supports
- How advanced the sensory loss already is, which shapes what is realistic
What a course includes
- Sensory, reflex and balance testing, plus the report of findings
- Repeat testing against your own baseline at the reassessment point
Payment:
Neuromed and cold laser therapy are self-pay. If chiropractic care is part of your plan, that portion can be billed to insurance.
Medicare coverage differs a great deal from plan to plan, so our front desk will check yours and tell you what applies before you commit.
Who you would be seeing
Who does the neuropathy examination?
Dr. Justin Bergin, DC has 22 years in practice and does the neuropathy examination himself at both offices.
He works the same way every time. Measure what sensation is there. Say what is likely to change. Retest against that baseline, and tell you when the answer is no.
Why does this appointment take longer than most?
He built ChiroMed to reject the rushed-appointment model. That matters most here, because the honest version of this conversation takes longer than the optimistic one.
Dr. Justin Bergin, DC, 22 years in practice, performs the examination personally and explains the findings before any program starts. Lakeland: 6595 Florida Ave S, Suite 13, Lakeland. The Villages market office: 929 US-441 #404, Lady Lake. Both offices run the same program.
Getting to us
How do Villages patients reach the Lady Lake office?
Neuropathy brings a great many Villages residents to the Lady Lake office on North US-441, just above CR 466. The cart paths reach it from Spanish Springs, Lake Sumter Landing and Brownwood Paddock Square.
Patients drive in from Summerfield, Oxford, Wildwood, Fruitland Park and Leesburg across Sumter, Lake and Marion counties. Balance and the fear of falling are the worries we hear most often there.
What does the Lakeland office cover?
In Lakeland, the South Florida Avenue office serves Highland City, Christina, Scott Lake, Dixieland and the Polk Parkway corridor. It is about fifteen minutes south of Lakeland Regional Health Medical Center.
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From the ChiroMed Journal
Longer reading on this subject, written by the practice rather than bought in.
- Why Numbness and Tingling in Your Feet Should Not Wait
Numbness and tingling in the feet is rarely random. Here is what nerve symptoms mean, what care can honestly change, and when to see a neurologist instead.
Neuropathy 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.
- Diabetic Neuropathy: A Position Statement by the American Diabetes Association
The American Diabetes Association position that glucose control and foot care are the core of management, and that existing nerve damage is not undone.
- Peripheral Neuropathy
The federal reference on what damages peripheral nerves, how it is investigated and what the realistic outlook is, written in plain language.
- 12. Retinopathy, Neuropathy, and Foot Care: Standards of Care in Diabetes-2026
The current American Diabetes Association standards for screening and managing diabetic neuropathy, including the foot care that protects against ulcers and amputation.
Options compared, honestly
This is treated very differently depending on who you walk in to see. Here is the full set, including the options this practice does not provide.
| Option | What it is | Typically considered when | Invasive? | Offered at ChiroMed? |
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| Neuromed electroanalgesia with cold laser Our approach | In-office neuromodulation aimed at abnormal pain signalling, with low-level laser over the affected tissue | Pain, burning and abnormal sensation dominate and you want to avoid daily medication | No. Nothing injected, nothing cut | Yes, at both offices |
| Omniwave shockwave therapy | Acoustic pressure waves delivered by the Omniwave unit to targeted soft tissue and its blood supply | A localized soft-tissue or circulatory target is identified on examination | No | Yes, where the examination identifies a suitable target |
| Nerve rehabilitation and balance work | Graded exercise, proprioceptive drills and gait work to reduce fall risk | Balance and weakness are the limiting problem, which is often the case in older patients | No | Yes, built into the plan as rehabilitative work |
| Prescription medication such as gabapentin or duloxetine | A daily prescription that dampens abnormal nerve firing throughout the body | Pain is severe and a physician judges the trade-off worthwhile | No, though the side effects are systemic and often limiting | Not prescribed here. Appropriate when pain is unmanageable and your physician judges the benefit worth the side effects |
| Surgical nerve decompression | An operation to release a peripheral nerve at a specific entrapment point | Imaging and testing confirm a discrete entrapment rather than diffuse nerve damage | Yes. Surgery with a genuine recovery period | Not performed here. Appropriate when testing confirms a discrete entrapment that has not responded to conservative care |
No treatment anywhere, ours included, undoes established nerve damage. Johns Hopkins Medicine and the American Diabetes Association both say so. We are not going to tell you something different in order to win your business.
What to expect
From evaluation to a plan for your neuropathy
A course, not a single visit. The examination decides the length and the cost, and both are written down first.
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01Evaluation
Orthopedic and neurological testing, with imaging on site where it changes the plan.
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02Findings, in plain language
What the examination actually found, and honestly whether this is a case conservative care can help at all.
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03A written program
Which disciplines, how many visits, over what period, and what it costs. Decided before anything begins.
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04Reassessment as it runs
Function is re-measured through the course. If the response says the plan should change, it changes.
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Find out what is actually driving it before choosing a program.
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Get in touch
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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
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Neuropathy questions
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Is neuropathy a condition you can get rid of for good?
For most people with peripheral neuropathy, no. Johns Hopkins Medicine states plainly that peripheral neuropathy usually cannot be eliminated, though a great deal can be done to stop it worsening.
Where an underlying cause is treatable, such as a B12 deficiency or a compressed nerve, the outlook is better. Anyone promising you more than that is selling something.
Can nerve damage in your legs be undone?
Established nerve damage is not undone. The American Diabetes Association says no treatment repairs nerve disease once it is established.
The focus belongs on keeping the feet and legs healthy and on managing the pain. That is our position too. The realistic targets are symptoms, balance, sleep, function and the rate of progression.
Where is the best place to get treatment for neuropathy?
Look for somewhere that examines you before proposing a plan. It should test your sensation and balance to set a baseline. It should tell you what is and is not achievable.
It should retest against that baseline, and refer you on when a neurologist or your physician is the right answer.
Ask any clinic what happens if you do not improve. The answer tells you a lot.
What is the most successful treatment for neuropathy?
It depends entirely on the cause, which is why the examination comes first.
For diabetic neuropathy, glucose control managed by your physician does more than anything else. For a compressed spinal nerve, decompression addresses the mechanism. For symptom management without daily medication, neuromodulation and laser are the options we offer here.
What does Vicks Vaporub do for neuropathy?
It is a fair question and a common one. The menthol produces a cooling feeling on the skin. Some people find that genuinely soothing on burning feet at night, and it is harmless on unbroken skin.
It does not act on the nerves themselves and it changes nothing about the condition. If it helps you sleep, use it, and do not put it on broken skin.
Does Medicare cover neuropathy treatment?
Coverage varies by plan and by service, and neuropathy is an area where policies differ more than most. Some chiropractic services may be covered while device-based care commonly is not.
Rather than guess, give our front desk your plan details and we will tell you exactly what applies to you before anything is scheduled.
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