M.D. Mustafa Karaboğa

As a 72-year-old retired olive farmer, I lived with debilitating sciatica for a decade until Dr. Karaboğa performed a novel pulsed radiofrequency ablation. What amazed me wasn't just the pain vanishing, but how he incorporated gentle spinal mobilization with traditional Turkish hamam heat therapy principles into my recovery, allowing me to tend my groves again.

My 14-year-old daughter, a promising rhythmic gymnast, developed complex regional pain syndrome after an ankle injury. Dr. Karaboğa created a pediatric-specific neuromodulation protocol using virtual reality distraction during procedures and designed a rehabilitation program mimicking her ribbon movements. She's now competing nationally, pain-free.

After surviving a multi-vehicle collision on the Tarsus highway, I arrived at Adana Ortopedia with seven fractures and nerve damage. Dr. Karaboğa coordinated a 'pain storm' approach, using targeted nerve blocks to allow orthopedic surgeries, then implementing a rare continuous erector spinae plane catheter that let me begin walking while still in ICU.

As a 38-year-old professional ney musician, developing focal dystonia in my fingers threatened my career. Dr. Karaboğa diagnosed musician's cramp with underlying neuropathic pain and used ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injections with millimeter precision, then taught me Anatolian folk melody-based biofeedback techniques. I performed at Istanbul Music Festival six months later.