Upper Cervical Health Blog — Sarasota

Vestibular Migraine Doctor
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. Most people who book a vestibular migraine evaluation with us have already been dizzy for a long time. They have usually...
Does the Epley Maneuver Help Vestibular Migraine? Why It Usually Doesn't — and What Does
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. You went to the ENT, or the physical therapist, or you found the video online. You lay back with your head...
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction and Neck Pain: Why Your Ears and Your Neck Are Connected
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. The ear is full. The neck is tight. And nobody has connected the two. If you have Eustachian tube dysfunction —...
Vestibular Migraine and Sleep: Why Bad Nights Cause Dizzy Days — and Why You Wake Up Dizzy
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. Two complaints come up in almost every vestibular migraine conversation in our office. The first: “If I sleep badly, the next...
Vestibular Migraine Triggers: Food, Sleep, Weather, Screens, Hormones — and the One Trigger Nobody Tracks
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. If you have vestibular migraine, you’ve probably been handed a trigger list. Red wine, aged cheese, MSG, chocolate, skipped meals, poor...
Vestibular Migraine and Neck Pain: Why They Travel Together — and What the Upper Neck Has to Do With It
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By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated October 2026. Ask a room full of people with vestibular migraine where their neck is during an attack and most of them will...