Fund pain relief treatment & therapy

Hi, my name is Edwinson Matias, and this is my story.

I am a 28 year old human from New York, who has found himself experiencing some of the worst pain and fatigue of his entire life. A debilitating pain that stops me from doing simple things, like going down a block or two without feeling like my body is overexerting itself. A deep pain that has caused me mental anguish, everyday. It has affected my ability to provide for myself, and work to this day. A deep pain that stops me from living the quality of life I know I deserve.

For context, I've been hit by a car before, and recovered back to normalcy quite quickly. I developed many disc herniations, which I am sure is one of the catalysts for what I am experiencing today, but at least back then, and for most of my 20's, I never had any major medical issues before.

2021 changed that for me. It all started with a mundane ankle injury, which evolved to muscle overcompensations galore, muscle imbalances and tightness around my lower body. It spread around where my right knee was, and the same issues spread to my left. I went from physical therapist to physical therapist trying to understand why it felt like any help I would get didn't fix the issue, and seeing if there were any reasons why improvement didnt feel straightforward and linear, and why I was in fact regressing. I was eventually told that I have hypermobility (loose joints) , and many different knee conditions, until doctors started settling on patellofemoral pain syndrome (patella knee pain, my kneecaps are out of place). A lot of my pain was confusing and didn't just affect my knees, but was generally felt all over both of my legs. They felt heavy, and unstable.

Regardless of how difficult it felt, I sought to understand and curb my pain by seeking adequate help, initially through whatever my insurance could cover. March 2022 made everything more difficult when I was rear ended in a motor vehicle accident that caused me great pain in my neck and lower back. I later found out, the accident caused my degenerative disc's to get worse. I later developed shooting pains, confusing tingling/ electric signals & muscle spasms/ weakness that affected my legs & now even my arms. Later mri's and emg's showed radiculopathy in the neck and low back, and tenosynovitis throughout both of my arms.

I've sought help from different places throughout this nearly 7 month ordeal, only to be limited by what my insurance & no fault (motorvehicular insurance) can cover. I put my own money down to getting better continously throughout this process, even paying for a personal trainer at one point. None of what I've tried to do has remedied the chronic pain, or how it feels like it randomly affects different parts of my body. I've been made promises by medical professionals, chiropractors and pt's alike only to feel like I'm barely making any progress physically. My pain is too great, and "working through the pain" has only caused me further fatigue & frustrations.

I am now running low on all the savings that I saved throughout the year's, and although I never thought I would find myself in this position, I am now seeking help, from both friend and stranger alike, in the hopes that this physical therapist / chiropractor that I found can help me. His name is Dr. Kalika and he focuses on on musculoskeletal injuries that haven't resolved, and curing people of chronic pain from degenerative disc's, really building from the ground up. He uses different scientifically advanced devices to help one's body heal at an accelerated rate, get rid of inflammation and promote a pain healing enviornment. I think he has a better understanding of how my body works (including my hypermobility) than anyone else I've seen so far, seeing as he pointed out that chiropractic adjustments may be hurting me. Personally, in the diagnostic I did with him, he's pointed out a plethora thing's other pt's & doctors have never brought up (like a pinched nerve in my left ankle that he found with an ultrasound machine, weak pelvis & hips leading to the spinal instability that pains me, etc).

I believe in what he can do, and I do believe that I can get past this moment in my life, but I can't afford his treatments. Although I can never expect anyone to understand how I'm feeling, I do believe in the compassion of people, and hope to get enough money for all of the treatments he listed out on his plan for me. 6 weeks of Shockwave therapy and magnetic resonance therapy for my lowback & left leg. Several weeks of ultrasound guided acupuncture (dry needling), radio-frequency therapy & manual pt.

I really believe in this treatment, and have renewed hope that this moment in time can just be that, a moment. One day, hopefully, I can go back to my life without chronic pain. Maybe I can even go back to my old normal, and potentially even better than that.