ozzy did you find our useful links sticky thread?
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/showthread.php?t=84
-it has a lot of the TOS medical info links, therapies, regular & alternative, anatomy links , bodywork links- It 's a great way to get educated on TOS fast.
Then we also have articles and various topics posted on forum threads too.

the whooshing is called bruit - i had that bad too -but after the spasms and chronic neck tightness got resolved {chiro & PT}it is gone.
ditto with many other odd problems =-sinus, vision, voice, memory, dizziness, ear pain/stuffiness-- on and on LOL