Rigidbody2D x velocity not moving unless placed in FixedUpdate

I am unable to see my previous comment, for some reason. Are you able to see what I posted?

Ah! Apologies, I should have included that. My PlayerController has this method being called in the FixedUpdate.

     private void ApplyMovement()
             {
                 if (!isGrounded && !isWallSliding && rewiredMovementInputDirection == 0)
                 {
                     rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x * airDragMultiplier, rb.velocity.y);
                 }
                 else if(canMove && isRunning)
                 {
                     rb.velocity = new Vector2(runSpeed * rewiredMovementInputDirection, rb.velocity.y);
                 }
                 else if(canMove)
                 {
                     rb.velocity = new Vector2(walkSpeed * rewiredMovementInputDirection, rb.velocity.y);
                 }
     
                 if (isWallSliding)
                 {
                     if (rb.velocity.y < -wallSlideSpeed)
                     {
                         rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, -wallSlideSpeed);
                     }
                 }
             }

These next two methods are the ones I am calling as an animation event.

 public void AbilityPushForward(float forwardForce)
         {
             rb.velocity = new Vector2(forwardForce, rb.velocity.y);
         }

         public void AbilityJump(float jumpForce)
         {
             rb.velocity = new Vector2(rb.velocity.x, jumpForce);
         }

edited because I did not realize my answer had to be viewed by moderators... Apologies!