Any history of neck injuries? I had rapid onset tinnitus (8/10 volume, both ears) a week after sustaining a mild neck injury. After a couple weeks the right ea

Any history of neck injuries? I had rapid onset tinnitus (8/10 volume, both ears) a week after sustaining a mild neck injury. After a couple weeks the right ear resolved itself, but the left ear remained at 4/10. In reading the literature about whiplash, it appears that upwards of 75% of people that have whiplash develop some form of tinnitus, hearing loss, and/or vertigo in the weeks or months following the injury. I went to a CFMT-certified physical therapist who noticed that two of my vertebrae were counter-rotated and sheared in addition to my left first rib being elevated and stiff creating an almost thoracic-outlet syndrome type of issue. My PT addressed the neck vertebrae issue and the elevated first rib over the course of a couple of sessions and my tinnitus dropped to a 0-1/10 in the left ear. If I'm careless when lifting weights it can cause the tinnitus to flare to a 2-3/10 for a couple of days. Red wine also creates some sort of inflammation that causes my tinnitus to flare up, but alcohol (excessive alcohol in particular) in general causes that and it precedes my neck injury.