“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!”
Service
Shockwave Therapy
in Lakeland and The Villages, FL
Acoustic wave therapy on the Omniwave system for tendon and joint pain that has stopped responding to rest, stretching and time. No needles, no incision, no downtime.
- Omniwave
- 22 years in practice
- $47 new-patient exam
Medically reviewed by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC Updated September 26, 2026
Shockwave Therapy at ChiroMed
Has rest already had six months to work?
Six months of rest did nothing. The stretches from the internet did nothing.
The heel still bites on the first step out of bed, or the shoulder still wakes you when you roll onto it. The next offer on the table is an injection you would rather not have.
Why has the tendon not settled on its own?
Chronic tendon problems behave this way because the tissue has stopped mounting a proper repair response. More rest does not restart it.
Shockwave is a way of provoking that response mechanically. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC uses it on the Omniwave system at both offices, as part of the joint and regenerative recovery program here.
It is one of the treatments offered through our sports medicine clinic.
What shockwave therapy actually does
Shockwave therapy delivers acoustic pressure waves through the skin into tendon, ligament and joint tissue. The mechanical stimulus increases local blood flow and provokes the body's own repair activity in tissue that has gone quiet. It is applied with a handheld applicator, takes no anesthetic, and leaves no wound.
A chronic tendon problem is a different thing from a fresh injury. Under a microscope the tissue is disorganized rather than inflamed, with poor blood supply and a repair process that stalled somewhere along the way.
Rest does very little for that. That is why so many people arrive here having done exactly what they were told for six months with nothing to show for it.
Acoustic waves work mechanically. The pressure pulse creates a controlled stimulus in the tissue, increases local circulation, and appears to restart the signalling a stalled repair process needs.
A randomized controlled trial comparing shockwave therapy with corticosteroid injection in chronic plantar fasciitis is one of several trials supporting it for that condition. Other trials, in other conditions, have found no benefit over placebo.
So it is useful for well-selected chronic tendon cases, and it is not a universal answer.
The system used at ChiroMed is Omniwave. It runs at both offices, and it is one part of a plan rather than a package sold on its own.
At ChiroMed the device is Omniwave, named here on purpose: the category name covers several very different machines and you deserve to know which one is in the room.
How it works
The pulse
Gel is applied and a handheld applicator sends acoustic pressure waves through the skin into the tendon, ligament or joint tissue underneath. No anesthetic is used.
The blood flow
The mechanical stimulus increases local circulation in tissue that has a poor blood supply of its own.
The restart
The pressure pulse appears to restart the signalling that a stalled repair process needs before it can work again.
Who shockwave therapy helps
- Pain driven by a stalled repair response in chronic tendon tissue
- Pain driven by a pinpoint structure you can cover with one finger
- Tendon and joint pain that rest, time and stretching have not changed
- Plantar fasciitis, which has the strongest support in the published trials
Who it does not help
- Pain referred from somewhere else, such as a shoulder that hurts because of a neck
- Pain traveling down a limb from a compressed nerve root
- Tissue still too reactive to tolerate a strong mechanical input
- An ache nobody has examined, with no identified pain generator
Background reading from an independent authority: a randomized controlled trial comparing shockwave therapy with corticosteroid injection in chronic plantar fasciitis.
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
No needle and no recovery time
Nothing is injected, nothing is cut, and you walk out and carry on with your day. For patients who have declined a cortisone injection, that is usually the whole appeal.
It aims to restart repair in the tendon
The aim is to provoke a repair response in tendon that has gone quiet. Painkillers mute the pain while the tissue stays exactly as it was.
Nothing is ruled out afterward
Injections and surgery remain available if shockwave does not work for you. Starting with shockwave keeps those options open.
The device is named and the plan is measured
You are told the system is Omniwave, what it is being aimed at, and when your progress gets re-checked.
One examination covers the whole picture
The same visit checks whether the pain is local or referred from the neck, the low back or the way you walk. A device-only clinic cannot make that call.
Cost, insurance and financing
Cost is the first question most people ask about shockwave. We cannot publish a number for a plan nobody has examined you for. We can tell you exactly what moves it.
The one published price
Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47
What affects the cost
- How many areas are treated, for example one heel against both shoulders
- The size and depth of the structure being treated
- How many sessions the examination indicates before your review point
- Whether laser, soft-tissue work or decompression runs alongside it
- Whether any part of your care is chiropractic and can therefore be billed to your plan
What a course includes
- Consultation with Dr. Justin Bergin, DC
- Examination to identify the exact pain generator
- X-rays if they are clinically indicated
- Report of findings with the full plan cost before you commit
Payment:
Shockwave therapy at ChiroMed is self-pay. If chiropractic care is part of your plan, that portion can be billed to insurance. Almost no plan in this market covers shockwave for musculoskeletal pain.
Medicare coverage varies by plan and by service, and our front desk will tell you exactly what applies before you commit to anything.
Every new patient begins 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.
The equipment this uses
Why ChiroMed
Will anyone tell you where shockwave is weak?
Every shockwave provider in these two markets names a device. Very few tell you where the therapy is weak, which cases respond and which do not, or what happens if it fails.
Dr. Justin Bergin, DC will tell you all three, and 22 years in practice is what lets him.
What else is in the building if shockwave is not the answer?
Chiropractic care, spinal and knee decompression, Neuromed electroanalgesia, cold laser and the metabolic and vitality lines all run on one plan.
A shoulder that turns out to be a neck gets treated as a neck. A heel that turns out to be a gait problem gets treated as one.
When a case belongs alongside the other regenerative work, the wider joint and regenerative recovery pathway is where it goes.
Where you would be treated
Which office is the shorter drive from Polk County?
Both offices run Omniwave, and a course means coming back, so pick the shorter drive.
The Lakeland office in Suite 13 on S. Florida Avenue is easy to reach from Highland City, Christina, Scott Lake and Dixieland. It sits close to Southgate Shopping Center and Lakeside Village, with the Polk Parkway shortening the trip from across Polk County.
What if you are driving down from The Villages?
The Lady Lake office sits on North US-441 just above CR 466. That suits patients coming from Spanish Springs Town Square, Brownwood Paddock Square, Summerfield, Oxford and Wildwood.
It serves the active retired population across Lake, Sumter and Marion counties who want a tendon treated rather than a knee replaced.
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 sports medicine clinic.
Available at our 2 locations
Treatment at our Lakeland office, and also at:
From the ChiroMed Journal
Further reading on shockwave therapy and tissue recovery. They cover what the acoustic waves do in tissue, who it helps and what a session feels like.
- What a Shockwave Session Feels Like and Who It Suits
A plain walk through the first shockwave visit: what the pulses feel like, who tends to be a good candidate, who is not, and the honest cash pay conversation.
- Why Heel Pain Hurts Most in the Morning, and What Helps
First-step heel pain has a mechanical explanation. Here is a practical morning routine, what to change during the day, and when self-care is not enough.
- Why Your Jaw and Neck Keep Flaring at the Same Time
Jaw tension and neck tightness usually share a driver. Here is how the two regions load each other, what an exam looks for, and where your dentist takes over.
- How Acoustic Waves Signal Repair in Tendons That Stopped Healing
Acoustic waves do not numb chronic tendon pain, they signal repair. Here is how extracorporeal shockwave therapy works in tissue and why stalled tendons differ.
Shockwave Therapy 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.
- Efficacy and tolerability of extracorporeal shock wave therapy in patients with plantar fasciopathy: a systematic review with meta-analysis and meta-regression
Concludes shockwave is an effective and tolerable treatment for plantar fasciopathy, while noting that the settings used change both results and adherence.
- Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy Versus Local Corticosteroid Injection for Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials
Head to head trials in tennis elbow, which is the comparison that matters when the alternative on offer elsewhere is a steroid injection into the same tendon.
- Extracorporeal shockwave therapy for refractory plantar fasciitis
A national body review of shockwave for stubborn heel pain, and a more cautious assessment than most.
Compare your options
Real alternatives exist, including ones this practice does not perform. Here is the honest set.
| Option | What it is | Best suited to | Invasive? | Offered at ChiroMed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omniwave shockwave therapy Our approach | Acoustic pressure waves into tendon, ligament and joint tissue | A defined, chronic, often pinpoint tendon or joint problem you can put a finger on | No | Yes |
| Low-level laser therapy | Light energy into tissue to influence cellular activity | Irritable, reactive tissue that cannot yet tolerate a stronger mechanical input | No | Yes |
| Spinal decompression | Cycled traction that lowers disc pressure and unloads a nerve root | Pain that travels along a limb from a compressed nerve rather than sitting over a tendon | No | Yes |
| Rest, activity change and a home stretching plan | Time away from the aggravating load, with stretching and loading done at home | A recent strain that is still settling on its own, before anything has stalled | No | Advised where it suits, and it is what most patients have already tried |
| Cortisone or hyaluronic acid injection | Steroid or lubricant placed into or around the joint or tendon | Severe localized symptoms where a specialist judges short-term relief worth the trade-off | Minimally | Not performed here. Reasonable for short-term control, though repeated steroid can weaken tendon |
| Tendon or joint surgery | Operative release, repair or joint replacement | Confirmed structural damage, or a joint that has failed a real course of conservative care | Yes | Not performed here. Genuinely the right answer for some patients, and we will tell you so |
The middle rows are a guide to which treatment matches which symptom pattern. A pinpoint tendon that hurts on load points at shockwave. Pain traveling down a limb points at decompression. Tissue too reactive to touch points at laser first, then shockwave once it settles.
Is shockwave therapy 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
- Tendon or joint pain that has persisted for months despite rest
- A painful spot you can put one finger on, that hurts more under load
- Plantar fasciitis with a painful first step in the morning
- Shoulder, hip, knee or elbow tendon pain that has plateaued after other treatment
- TMJ pain and tightness through the jaw and the upper neck muscles
- You want to try something before an injection or an operation
We will point you elsewhere if
- You are pregnant
- You take anticoagulant medication or have a bleeding disorder
- There is a known tumour, active infection or open wound in the treatment area
- You have had a cortisone injection into the area very recently
- The area contains a nerve or major blood vessel too close to the surface, or a growth plate in a younger patient
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
The first visit works out whether the tissue is actually the problem. Dr. Justin Bergin, DC examines the area, loads it to see what hurts and rules out the things shockwave will not help.
If Omniwave suits your case he explains why, and if it does not he tells you that instead. The course length is set at your report of findings.
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01Examination and target
Dr. Bergin identifies the exact structure producing the pain. He also checks whether the cause is local or referred from somewhere else, because a shoulder can hurt because of a neck.
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Report of findings
You are told what was found, whether your case looks like the kind that responds, and what the plan will cost before anything is booked.
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03Treatment on the Omniwave
Gel is applied and the handheld applicator is worked over the area, delivering pulses you feel as firm tapping. Intensity is dialled to your tolerance and you walk out unrestricted.
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Reassessment
Progress is re-scored against the markers taken at the start. Tendon responds slowly, so the review point is set realistically. If nothing is moving by then, the plan changes.
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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.
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“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.”
Get in touch
Book your shockwave therapy evaluation
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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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
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Shockwave Therapy questions
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How much does a session of shockwave therapy cost?
We do not publish a per-session figure, because a single session on its own is not how this works. You get the whole plan cost at the report of findings, before you commit to anything.
Your cost depends on how many areas are treated and the depth of the structure. It also depends on how many sessions the examination indicates and whether anything else runs alongside it.
New patients start with the $47 consultation, exam, X-rays if needed, and report of findings.
Is there any downside to shockwave therapy?
Yes, and they are worth knowing. Treatment itself can be uncomfortable while the applicator is running. Some patients have temporary redness, bruising, swelling or an increase in soreness for a day or two afterward.
Tendon responds slowly, so it takes a course rather than a single visit. It is self-pay in almost every case.
It also does not suit everyone. Pregnancy, anticoagulant medication and bleeding disorders rule it out. So do an active infection, a known tumour in the area, and a very recent steroid injection.
Will insurance pay for shockwave therapy?
Coverage varies by carrier, and some services may only qualify as cash-pay. Cost is the single most common reason patients hesitate.
Medicare coverage varies by plan and by service, and our front desk will tell you exactly what applies before you commit to anything.
Where the answer is no, payment plans are available for self-pay care, and the front desk will tell you which one fits your course.
Is shockwave therapy worth the money?
It depends entirely on whether your case is the kind that responds, which is what the examination is for.
A well-selected chronic tendon problem does well, and plantar fasciitis is the best-supported example. Weigh that against the cost and the risk of an injection or an operation. An unexamined ache treated with a generic protocol usually is not worth it.
Ask any provider what happens if it does not work for you. Here the answer is a re-check date and a change of plan rather than more sessions.
What is the difference between radial and focused shockwave?
Radial devices generate a pressure wave at the applicator head that spreads outward and loses energy with depth. That suits broad, relatively superficial tissue such as the plantar fascia or a large muscle group.
Focused devices concentrate energy at a set depth, which suits a small, deep target.
You will also hear marketing language about true shock waves. It refers to how fast the pressure front rises, and it is used to imply that one category is the only real option.
Both categories have trial evidence. Matching the tool to the depth and size of the target matters more than the label.
How is shockwave different from cold laser or spinal decompression?
Different problems, different physics. Shockwave delivers mechanical energy into chronic tendon and joint tissue, and suits a pinpoint problem that hurts under load.
Cold laser delivers light into tissue that is too reactive to take a stronger stimulus, and is the gentler starting point. Decompression uses cycled traction to unload a compressed nerve root, and suits pain traveling down a limb.
All three are available here, so the examination picks by symptom pattern rather than by what happens to be in the room.
Same-week appointments
Find out whether shockwave therapy is the right tool.
One examination tells you which discipline the problem actually needs.
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