By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL That plugged, full, achy feeling in your ear has two very common culprits that are constantly mistaken for each other: Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD), a problem with the little tube...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If an ENT has raised ear tubes or Eustachian tube balloon dilation for your stubborn, plugged-up ear, the most useful thing to know is this: for most people, a procedure...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated September 2026. Here’s something you won’t hear from most clinics fighting for your business: vertigo is not one problem with one answer. Anyone who tells...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL If you wake up with a headache, or your headaches get worse as the day drags on, the thing under your head for eight hours a night deserves a hard...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender, D.C. — upper cervical chiropractor, Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL. Reviewed and updated September 2026. You’ve been told your dizziness is “anxiety.” Your brain fog is “just stress.” Your racing heart, the lightheadedness when you stand, the wave...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender — Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL You’ve felt it: a plugged, full, underwater feeling in one or both ears that won’t pop — and somehow, right alongside it, a headache that seems to live behind your...