don't do it unless you have to,but my mom had us do it as kids,same
with my kids ,you will know when that ear pops.. ps aussi your waiting
far to long to go to dr. my secret wait around to long going to
have more trouble ,look at me, mel you look pretty. sue

Mrs D,

I don't think I can pop. I tried,and I felt something happening,but no pop.

Oh, I remember when my ears popped.

Every single time I got off of a plane, sometimes, it would be an hour later, sometimes it would be a few minutes after landing, but the pain in my ear and then I would hear this (I can't even reproduce the sound in my ear), but they would pop.

I hate flying for that reason.

I would always wonder "how on earth do the stewardesses and other staff do this day in and day out?" I could never understand how they took the cabin pressure.

I did go see me GP today and there is no inflammation in the ears nor wax builtup. The GP reckons this is probably related to the jaw & facial pain I had and have. I am to do these jaw exercises for now and see how I go.

If it gets worse he will refer me onwards,but this may just be neurological.

Aussie,

I tend to agree with GP having gone through this. I also know my boss had Trigeminal Neuralgia..not TMJ. But I do remember him talking about not only his face but his ears too. And like I said, mine was from occipital neuralgia/cervicogenic headaches. So, yes, it may very well be neurological. I did blow out my eardrum about a year ago from swimming/allergies. The pain then was quite different. The neuralgia type felt like a deep, inner earache all the time with tinnitus. And it SEEMED like everything I heard was magnified. I could just lay in bed and hear my heart beating loud and clear...it was weird! One of the first things the doc did was to order a brain MRI looking for accoustic neuromas and then hearing tests, both came out okay. Then it was a cervical MRI. And that's where and why I was having that kind of pain along with severe occipital pressure. I hope you can get this resolved as I know it is quite painful.

Hi Kathy,

You described exactly what I am feeling.It's not a normal ache like swimmers ear or from wax. It's very deep. I also have alot of pressure in my head with tinnitus.the tinniutis doesn't really bother me to be honest. It's the pain in the ears. But I also have a stiff jaw, so that's where the TMJ diagnosis was given to me. Who knows it will probably go away on it's own hopefully. This seems to be the case with me. I have very odd pains here and there that hang out for a few months and then abate enough not be be so much of a worry anymore. Once in a while my hearing is very dull. I remember for about 3 seconds once I cold not hear anything and I got really worried,but it resumed after a couple of seconds. Very scary though.