Medical Pain Injections

A trigger point injection isn't just a shot for pain. It interrupts a feedback loop that the muscle has been stuck in for months — sometimes years. Once the loop breaks, the tissue can finally respond to the other work you're doing.

If your pain always returns after cortisone or trigger point injections, the underlying biomechanics are the missing piece. Here's what integrated care at our Oak Park clinic looks like.

By our medical team at Chiropractic Works As a Nurse Practitioner, we spend a lot of time talking to patients who are at the end of their rope. They’ve tried the ice packs, the Ibuprofen, and the "waiting it out" method, but the pain is still there. When we reach the point where conservative care needs a boost, the conversation naturally turns to injections. Usually, patients ask me: "Should I just get a cortisone shot?" It’s a fair question, but there is a massive difference