Blue Sparkle
Contributor
I don't want to hijack this thread, but while we're on the subject, I wonder if I could ask a question. Perhaps it will help the OP as well as others, like me, who clicked eagerly on "Ear question."
I do have some trouble equalizing my ears when I dive. Partly they seem hard to equalize, and partly it may be that I am afraid to equalize "too hard" and break something. But so far I've usually been able to equalize eventually (although sometimes I feel like I'm taking forever to descend, and look like a crazy person as I try all the varieties of techniqes).
However, once I'm "down" (say at 40' or so) and moving around, I still feel pressure (and/or worry about it), and so I find myself continuing to do the "pinch breathe," and each time I do my ears give that little "sqeef" of pressure relief. That makes me feel like I should be continuing to do it (because.... would I get that "sqeef" if they did not need more equalizing?). I don't know enough to know whether I am obsessing and should just stop once I get to depth and am more or less moving around at one level; or if the pressure and "sqeef" that I can get mean that for some reason my ears are re-pressurizing and I'm doing the right thing :lookaround:
Patrick, if you'd rather I start my own thread, please just let me know. It's just that your thread reminded me of my problem/question, and then I wondered if I should immediately start *another* ear thread, or whether it might be helpful to tack onto yours.
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I do have some trouble equalizing my ears when I dive. Partly they seem hard to equalize, and partly it may be that I am afraid to equalize "too hard" and break something. But so far I've usually been able to equalize eventually (although sometimes I feel like I'm taking forever to descend, and look like a crazy person as I try all the varieties of techniqes).
However, once I'm "down" (say at 40' or so) and moving around, I still feel pressure (and/or worry about it), and so I find myself continuing to do the "pinch breathe," and each time I do my ears give that little "sqeef" of pressure relief. That makes me feel like I should be continuing to do it (because.... would I get that "sqeef" if they did not need more equalizing?). I don't know enough to know whether I am obsessing and should just stop once I get to depth and am more or less moving around at one level; or if the pressure and "sqeef" that I can get mean that for some reason my ears are re-pressurizing and I'm doing the right thing :lookaround:
Patrick, if you'd rather I start my own thread, please just let me know. It's just that your thread reminded me of my problem/question, and then I wondered if I should immediately start *another* ear thread, or whether it might be helpful to tack onto yours.
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