Yes, I get the full ear feeling regularly too, like I need to blow my nose to depressurize the ear. It comes and goes.

You ask why I haven't considered surgery? I have a lot of reasons.

1. It's a serious surgery, and I'm just scared by simple "routine" surgeries/surgical procedures.

2. Alternatives to thoracic outlet syndrome surgery? How you can take control! - YouTube

3. I think it can be corrected, I just haven't figured it out yet.

I am in pain almost all the time, weird symptoms in my arm. I don't get numbness or tingling in my arm so much honestly. It's mostly pain anywhere from the base of my neck on right side down to my little finger. My pc doc really doesn't think I have TOS. She just cites how rare it is and sent me to a shoulder guy. They did MRI and had a nerve conduction study on me. Both turned up negative except for some tendonitis in the supraspinatus. They gave me some meloxicam and said c ya in 6 weeks. I didn't take it cause I've already been prescribed that same medicine in the past and it did nothing. My PT is pretty aware that I have TOS. She said im getting good circulation most of the time but I have a very weak unstable shoulder.

I encourage people to read a few studies I've found to maybe see the light.

At least in my case, I feel my TOS came from a big underuse of my arm for a long period of time, with an immediate over use very quickly. I tortured my shoulder and it eventually gave out giving me TOS symptoms. Instead of my top rib coming up, which is what most people will tell you happens..my shoulder being lower and dropping down on the right side is causing it to sit on top of the nerve and vessels a bit. I'm training my body to be able to support my shoulders again, and hopefully lift my shoulder off of my veins.

Another condition known as "dropped shoulder syndrome" Is very similar to folks with TOS if you read about it in the article. A LOT of people with TOS describe these types of symptoms, weak shoulder, winged scapula etc. A large portion of these people recovered with a rigorous exercise routine done daily for 14 weeks.
Dropped shoulder syndrome: a cause of lower cervical radiculopathy. - PubMed - NCBI

The idea that most "overuse" or RSI injuries come from UNDERuse - “Underuse” as a cause for musculoskeletal injuries: is it time that we started reframing our message?