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@joes - Thank you for sending zoomed out images. @Jules & I agree about your styloids i.e. left is short but very thick w/ some ligament calcification & right is longer & also very thick.

The fact that pressing on your hyoid increases symptoms is very telling that it may have elongation of the greater horns. I’d have to see the hyoid from the side to be able to comment on that more accurately. Since your symptoms seem more carotid-oriented than jugular, with a possible connection to your hyoid bone, I’d recommend you see Dr. Cognetti in Philadelphia, •Dr David Cognetti, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia 215- 955- 6760 (Has done many successful surgeries on members). Only removes ligaments if calcified. https://hospitals.jefferson.edu/find-a-doctor/c/cognetti-david-m.html as he does surgery for Hyoid Bone Syndrome as well as ES. We’ve had several members who’ve had HBS vs ES. The symptoms are very similar. Dr. Dewan in Louisiana also does hyoid bone surgeries so that’s another doctor you could check out. •Dr. Karuna Dewan, Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport - Academic Medical Center
1541 Kings Hwy, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1-318-626-0050
https://www.ochsnerlsuhs.org/doctors/karuna-dewan

Your cervical spine also is very straight, almost curved forward so has lost it’s lordotic curve. This seems to be a problem many of our members have. There are neck exercises (many YouTube videos on this topic) which you can do to regain the proper curve in your cervical spine. It can take time but some of our members have found their symptoms reduced once they started working on cervical curve restoration. Here’s a good link from our forum which @vdm wrote & should also be helpful:

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