Upper Cervical Health Blog — Sarasota

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. Numbness and Tingling in the Hands: Almost everyone has experienced it at some point — that pins-and-needles sensation when a hand...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. In short: Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) is compression of the nerves or blood vessels between the collarbone and first rib, producing...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. Long Covid: You had COVID. Maybe it was mild, maybe it knocked you flat for a couple of weeks. Either way,...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. Sciatica: Few pains command your attention like sciatica. It starts somewhere deep in the low back or buttock and then shoots...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. If you have myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome — ME/CFS — you already know what it is to be exhausted at a...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. If you have fibromyalgia, you already know the script. The whole-body pain that nobody can localize. The fatigue so deep that...