Question: Three weeks ago, I was leaning over to look under a desk at work. I was leaned over for a few moments, so blood was rushing to my head a little. Right before standing back up, I felt a "pop" in the right side of my neck, below my ear by a couple of inches--near the area where you check for a pulse.

I stopped for a minute to make sure I didn't do anything serious, but everything seemed okay. There was never any pain, just that one pop feeling that did not feel to be bone or joint related.

Fast forward a few weeks to yesterday, and I was driving over a high bridge, when I started to feel a little pressure in that same spot. It went away after I descended down the bridge. It did the same thing a couple of hours later when I crossed the bridge again. I've ran a few 5Ks in between these events as well as exercised nearly daily and have experienced no other issues other than what I've described here. I can't find any info on this online. Does it seem like something I can disregard? The first thing I had thought at the time was that I a popped a blood vessel.

I didn't realize that part of the ear went down that far into my neck. Thank you for the help and info!