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Service
Pelvic Floor Recovery
in Lakeland and The Villages, FL
Private, respectful care for leaking, urgency and pelvic weakness, for men as well as women. Nobody here treats this as an inevitable part of getting older.
- 22 years in practice
- Private and discreet
- $47 new patient exam
- 22 years in practice
- $47 new-patient exam
Medically reviewed by Dr. Justin Bergin, DC Updated September 14, 2026
Pelvic Floor Recovery at ChiroMed
You have worked out which shops have accessible toilets. You have stopped drinking water after four in the afternoon. There is a spare set of clothes in the car and a reason you no longer join the doubles game. None of this gets said out loud, because the one time you mentioned it you were told it happens to everyone at your age. It does happen to a great many people. That does not make it something you have to live with. Pelvic floor recovery is one of the quieter services inside [the rehabilitation side of this practice](/disc-nerve-rehab/), and it is one of the most worthwhile.
This page sits under pain control clinic, the ChiroMed pain control clinic pillar.
What pelvic floor recovery actually does
Pelvic floor recovery is conservative retraining of the muscles that support the bladder, bowel and pelvic organs, and of the hips, low back and breathing pattern that load them. It is used for leaking, urgency, pelvic weakness and pelvic pain in both women and men. No surgery, no mesh, no medication.
The pelvic floor is a sling of muscle at the base of the pelvis, and like any other muscle group it can be weak, it can be too tight, and it can simply have lost its timing. That distinction matters more than anything else on this page, because the three problems need opposite treatment. A floor that is weak needs strengthening. A floor that is chronically overactive gets worse with more squeezing, which is exactly what most people are told to do. Working out which one you have is the first job, and it is why generic advice so often fails. It is also not a standalone structure. It works with the deep abdominal wall, the diaphragm and the glutes, and it is loaded by how you breathe, how you sit and how your hips and low back move. A patient with a stiff mid-back and a breath-holding habit is loading the pelvic floor with every lift they make. Treating the floor while ignoring that is a short-lived result. The evidence for conservative care here is genuinely strong, which is not something we say about every service. A Cochrane review of pelvic floor muscle training approaches for urinary incontinence in women supports supervised training as a first-line treatment, and it is recommended ahead of surgery in most guidelines. The male evidence base is smaller but the mechanism is the same, and men after prostate surgery are one of the groups that most often benefit and least often get offered anything. Care here is external, clothed and conservative: retraining, graded loading, and work on the hips, low back and breathing pattern. Where your case needs internal assessment or specialist pelvic health physiotherapy, you will be told that plainly and referred rather than kept.
Background reading from an independent authority: a Cochrane review of pelvic floor muscle training approaches for urinary incontinence in women.
Conditions we treat with it
Each of these has its own page, and each one links back up to this service. The examination decides which of them applies to you.
Why patients choose it
It is treated as a muscle problem, not an age problem
Being told this is normal at your age is the most common thing patients report hearing, and it is the reason so many wait years. Muscles respond to correct training at 70 the same way they do at 40.
Men are treated here too
Pelvic floor care is presented almost everywhere as a women's service. Men after prostate surgery and men with urgency or pelvic pain are seen at both offices, with the same discretion.
The whole loading chain is assessed
Hips, low back, deep abdominal wall and breathing pattern all load the pelvic floor. Treating the floor alone is why so many patients have already tried and given up.
Nothing is implanted and nothing is prescribed
Conservative care keeps every later option open, including the surgical ones, which is not true in the other direction once mesh or a sling is in place.
Cost, insurance and financing
This is a self-pay service, and the honest reason to say so on the page is that most people researching this have already been quoted for something invasive. These are the variables in your number.
The one published price
Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47
What moves the cost
- Whether the plan targets the pelvic floor alone or the hips and low back as well
- How long the retraining plan runs before your review point
- Whether supporting manual therapy is part of each visit
- Whether a referral for internal assessment is needed alongside it
What a course includes
- A private consultation with Dr. Justin Bergin, DC
- External examination of the pelvic, hip, low back and breathing mechanics
- X-rays if they are clinically indicated
- Report of findings plus a home programme you leave with
Payment: Pelvic floor recovery at ChiroMed is self-pay. Chiropractic care bills insurance; this line does not. Medicare coverage varies by plan and by service, and our front desk will tell you exactly what applies before you commit to anything, which matters in a market where a great many patients are on a Medicare Advantage plan. New patients 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
Two things make this work at ChiroMed. The first is time: a concierge appointment is long enough for a conversation most people have been avoiding for years, in a closed room, with a doctor who has heard it many times before. The second is that Dr. Justin Bergin, DC has spent 22 years treating hips, pelvises and low backs, which is the loading chain the pelvic floor actually lives in, so the assessment goes wider than the symptom. Behind that sits the rest of the clinic on a single plan, chiropractic care, spinal and knee decompression, Omniwave shockwave, Neuromed electroanalgesia and the metabolic and functional lines, so a pelvic problem with a lumbar driver does not need a second clinic. Where the case is a nerve case, [the disc and nerve rehabilitation pathway used here](/disc-nerve-rehab/) takes it from there.
Where you would be treated
Discretion is easier at a small practice than at a hospital campus, and both offices run this service. In Polk County, Suite 13 on S. Florida Avenue is a short drive from Dixieland, Christina, Highland City and Cleveland Heights, with parking directly outside rather than a long corridor walk. In the northern market the Lady Lake office on North US-441 sits just above CR 466, minutes from Spanish Springs Town Square and within an easy drive of Summerfield, Oxford, Wildwood and Fruitland Park, which is where a great deal of unspoken demand for this care sits across 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.
This page links up to its parent hub only: pain control clinic.
Compare your options
Real alternatives exist, including ones this practice does not perform. Here is the honest set.
| Criteria | Our approachPelvic floor recovery at ChiroMed | What it is | Typically considered when | Invasive? | Offered at ChiroMed? |
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| Pelvic floor recovery at ChiroMed | External, clothed retraining of the pelvic floor plus the hips, low back and breathing pattern that load it | Leaking, urgency or pelvic weakness where you want conservative care first | No | Yes | |
| Home pelvic floor exercises alone | Self-directed squeezing routines from a leaflet or an app | Mild symptoms in someone who has been shown the correct technique | No | Advised here, once we have checked you are doing the right one for your problem | |
| Specialist pelvic health physiotherapy with internal assessment | Internal examination and treatment by a therapist trained specifically in pelvic health | Complex pelvic pain, prolapse, or a case that has not responded to external conservative care | Minimally | Not performed here. We refer where your case calls for it | |
| Bladder medication | Prescription drugs that calm an overactive bladder | Urgency and frequency that a prescriber judges suitable for medication | No | Not prescribed here. A reasonable option through your physician or urologist | |
| Sling, mesh or other continence surgery | Surgical support placed to hold the urethra or pelvic organs | Significant incontinence or prolapse that has failed a genuine course of conservative care | Yes | Not performed here. Appropriate when conservative treatment has been properly tried and has not worked |
Three of these five sit with other providers, and one of them is homework we make sure you are doing correctly. Guidelines generally put conservative care before surgery, which is the order this page follows.
Is pelvic floor recovery 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
- Leaking when you cough, sneeze, laugh, lift or hit a serve
- Sudden urgency, or planning your day around the nearest toilet
- Weakness or heaviness in the pelvis after childbirth, even years later
- Ongoing leaking or weak flow control after prostate surgery
- Pelvic or low back pain that no one has connected to pelvic floor function
We will point you elsewhere if
- There is blood in the urine, which needs medical assessment before anything else
- You have pain or burning on passing urine, or a suspected infection
- You have a sudden change in bladder or bowel control alongside back pain or leg numbness, which is an emergency
- You have unexplained pelvic pain, weight loss or fever that has not been investigated
- You are looking for internal pelvic examination and treatment, which is a referral from here
When we’re not the right answer, we say so , and connect you with someone who is.
Your first visit
What to expect, step by step
You know the plan and the cost before anything begins.
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01A private conversation
A proper history taken in a closed room, without hurry. What happens, when, how often, what you have stopped doing because of it. Most people find this the hardest appointment to book and the easiest one to have.
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External examination
Clothed assessment of the hips, low back, deep abdominal wall and breathing pattern, plus how you brace and load. This is where we work out whether your floor is weak, overactive, or simply mistimed.
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Findings in plain language
Dr. Bergin explains what was found, what it means for the symptom you came in with, and what the plan will target. Anything requiring a physician or an internal assessment is named and referred here.
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Retraining and review
In-clinic work plus a short home programme that is checked and progressed rather than handed over once. Symptoms are re-scored at a set review date so you can see whether it is working.
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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.
“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!”
“I have had pain in my right upper back quadrant by my shoulder blade for at least a year now and the doctors have been unsuccessful in making the pain go away. I came to Dr. Bergin looking for some help. Within 3 to 4 weeks. My pain in that area is completely gone.”
“Dr. Bergin is phenomenal. Chronic lower back issues led a different doctor to mention back surgery to me. That was not an option I wanted to entertain. After a consult with Dr. B, he was confident that he could help resolve my back issues. I’ve been seeing him weekly to resolve the issue, and I am so pleased with the results so far! More mobility, less pain, and a great customer experience.”
“I bless the day that Dr. Bergin started working on me. I have had long standing pain for so long. After just a few visits my pain left and I feel so good. He is very patient oriented and caring. I regard him highly.”
“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.”
Get in touch
Book your pelvic floor recovery evaluation
Tell us what the problem is and which office is closer. A member of the ChiroMed team follows up within one business 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, within one business day, 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
- 4.8 out of 5 from 225 Google reviews
- Choose Lakeland or The Villages on the form
Pelvic Floor Recovery questions
Tap a message for the honest answer. Call Lakeland (863) 940-3444
Is this only for women?
No. Men have a pelvic floor and it fails in the same ways, particularly after prostate surgery, where leaking and poor flow control are common and rarely given a conservative option. Men also present with urgency and with pelvic or perineal pain that has been investigated and found to have no infection behind it. Both offices treat men and women, the assessment is external and clothed, and the appointment is private.
the clinic teamAre Kegels not enough on their own?
Sometimes they are, when the problem is genuine weakness and the technique is correct. Often they are not, and in one group they make things worse. A pelvic floor that is chronically overactive rather than weak responds badly to more squeezing, and a large number of people who have tried and failed fall into that group. The first job is working out which problem you have, which is what the examination is for.
the clinic teamWill this work if I have had the problem for years?
Duration matters less than most people expect. Muscle responds to correct, progressive training regardless of how long the pattern has been in place, and some of the most satisfying results we see are in people who assumed the window had closed a decade ago. What changes the odds is whether the right problem is being treated and whether the loading chain around the pelvis is addressed alongside it.
the clinic teamDoes Medicare cover this?
Coverage varies by plan and by service, and our front desk will tell you exactly what applies before you commit to anything. Pelvic floor recovery at this clinic is self-pay and we say so plainly rather than letting anyone find out at the desk. Payment plans are available for self-pay care, and the front desk will tell you which plan fits the course you have been offered.
the clinic teamHow private is the appointment?
The consultation happens in a closed room with the door shut, the examination is external and you stay clothed, and nothing about the reason for your visit is discussed in the reception area. If it makes the booking easier, tell the front desk you are coming about pelvic or low back function and leave the detail for the room.
the clinic teamWhen should I see a doctor instead?
Before starting here, if there is blood in your urine, pain or burning on passing urine, a suspected infection, or unexplained pelvic pain, fever or weight loss. Any sudden change in bladder or bowel control alongside back pain or leg numbness is an emergency and needs an emergency department rather than an appointment. Once those are ruled out, conservative care is the usual first step in most guidelines.
the clinic teamSame-week appointments
Find out whether pelvic floor recovery is the right tool.
One examination tells you which discipline the problem actually needs.
- 4.8 out of 5 on Google
- $47 consultation, exam and report
- 22 years in practice
Consultation, Exam, X-Rays (If Needed) & Report of Findings: Only $47