By Dr. Rusty Lavender D.C. High Blood Pressure: If you live with neck pain and you also happen to be watching your blood pressure numbers, you may have wondered whether the two are somehow related. It is one of the...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender— Lavender Family Chiropractic, Sarasota, FL Military Neck and Loss of the Cervical Curve: You catch your reflection in a store window and something looks off. Your head sits a little forward of your shoulders, your chin...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender Upper Cervical vs. Traditional Chiropractic: If you have started researching chiropractic care, you have probably run into two terms that sound similar but describe very different approaches: “traditional” chiropractic and “upper cervical” chiropractic. Maybe a friend...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender How Long Does Upper Cervical Chiropractic Take to Work at Lavender Family Chiropractic? It is one of the first and most understandable questions people ask when they are considering upper cervical care: how long until I...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender What Does an Upper Cervical Adjustment Feel Like? For a lot of people, the single biggest thing standing between them and their first chiropractic visit is a simple, very human worry: what is it going to feel...

By Dr. Rusty Lavender Is Upper Cervical Chiropractic Safe? If you have been thinking about upper cervical chiropractic care but a small voice in the back of your mind keeps asking, “Is it actually safe to have someone work on...