In this video, I'm going to show you how to pop your ears
in seconds. Stay tuned.
Hey, everyone. Dr. Rowe coming to you from SpineCare in
St. Joseph, Michigan. If you're dealing with a lot of ear
pressure and it just will not pop. This is a video that
you're going to want to check out. I'm going to show you how
to quickly open up your ears especially through the
eustachian tubes and normalize ear pressure. Hopefully, that
way will get an instant pop and a lot of relief. A note about
these exercises. Each one works just a little bit differently.
To get the best results, go through them all, use what
works best you. As a bonus, you can pretty much do these
exercises anytime, anywhere including during a flight. They
require no equipment and you may find give instant relief
even within seconds. So, with that being said, let's get
started. So, here's a really easy way to self pop your ear.
You can do this one standing or seated. Whatever side that you
have a lot of ear pressure. Let's say it's your right side.
You're going to take your arm on that side, straighten it,
and lower it down like this. Now, what we want to do is
bring that arm back like this as much as we can. Really
focusing on moving through our shoulders. So, draw that
shoulder and shoulder blade backward until you feel a
really good stretch in the chest and also the upper back.
Let's hold this position. What we're going to do next is now
turn our head towards the other side. So, I'm looking towards
my left shoulder. As you do this, you should feel that
stretch pretty much deepen but this time around going from the
shoulder into the side of the neck but more importantly,
right below the ear. Focus on feeling a deep stretch right
below the bottom of the ear and we're going to hold this
position when we can't go any further and now deepen it by
tilting our head down so I'm taking my left ear towards my
left shoulder this will really deepen that stretch right below
the ear again with this exercise it's all about
building as much tension as we can once we feel that great
amount of tension we're going to now take this one to the
next level by wiggling our jaw from side to side so slowly
open your mouth and then take your jaw from side to side, but
I like to do that roughly for about five to 10 seconds. What
it's going to do is help open up the eustachation tube and
you might get that sudden pop that you're looking for but if
you don't get it on the first try, no big deal. It might take
a couple repetitions and with each repetition as you do this,
I would deepen that stretch just to help open it up a
little bit more. You can also experiment with different
motions of the jaw. So, instead of going from side to side, do
a big wide opening kind of like yawning You may find that it
just helps open up the ear just a little bit more. Afterwards,
if it does feel like there might be just like a little bit
of a congestion still in there or it hasn't popped. What I
like to do is just take my fingers, my thumb, and my index
finger, grab onto my earlobe and just do a wiggling motion
like this back and forth while I then wiggle my jaw at the
same time.
And you may find that that finally will help open it up
and give you that pop that you're looking for. So, this is
the Valsalva maneuver or what I'd like to call the pilot
special. I'm going to show two different ways how to do this.
The first being the classic. For the classic, we need to
close off the airway through our nose. So, you can take your
thumb and your index finger and clap down on it like this or
you can take your index fingers or your thumbs and press off to
your side. Do what's ever easier for you. We just want to
make sure that no air can escape through our so what
you're going to do next is biblic blowing through your
nose when you do this though no air is going to be able to get
through it so instead the only way that it can escape is
through your use station tubes that will help equalize
pressure in your ear hopefully giving you that pop that you're
looking for so let's give this a try So, as I do this, I
actually felt a lot of good pressure release in that right
ear. It might take a couple repetitions to do. So, try to
build into it over the course of several repetitions until
you finally feel everything release. So, I know a lot of
people will have sensitivity to their nose or maybe even will
have rings or piercings and will not allow them to do that
classic method. So, we can do something similar using our
hand but this time around, we're going to take a deep
breath in and then kind of close our mouth around hand and
try to blow into it but obviously our hand right here
is going to restrict that airflow again allowing that air
to escape through the eustachian tubes so watch how I
do this Well, that time around, I actually got into the left
side. So, give those a try and go with what works best for
you. So, this is called the Toynbee maneuver and this one
can be a life saver if you find yourself on a flight and your
ear just will not pop. For this one, we just need water. I
wouldn't recommend doing it with any hot beverages like
coffee because you'll probably find it causes a lot more
problems than a clogged ear. So, it's very simple to do.
What you're going to do is take your fingers and pinch your
nose and then take a drink of water at same time and with
this one, you want to take a big gold, not a small sip. We
really want to focus on really activating our muscles
throughout the throat that go up to the ear to help open up
the eustachian tube and drain a lot of fluid. So, I'm going to
take my fingers. I'm going to pinch my nose actually when I
did that, my ear just popped right there but when you do
this, you're really going to feel your ears open up. It's a
really simple way and again, with this one, if it feels like
it doesn't go on the first time, do it a couple times. It
will just help equalize pressure in your ear and
hopefully give you that pop that you're looking for. So,
with this exercise, we're going to focus on reducing tension
around the jaw and the ear and also using a vacuum technique
to open up the ears and hopefully give you that pop
that you're looking for. So, let's start off by tension
around the jaw. We're going to take two fingers on both sides
and press right off to the side of the ear. What we want to do
is find the area where the jaw opens and closes. So, press
into that area and what you're going to do is slowly open and
close your mouth a couple times. As you do this, you
should feel that area where the chaw opens up. That's where
we're going to start. So, press in there where it's going to be
a comfortable self massage but not causing any discomfort.
What you're going to do is a light circular motion with your
fingers to create a self massage while slowly opening
and closing your mouth at the same time.
I like to do that roughly for about 5 seconds and then just
switch over different spots really focusing on going a
little bit above that jaw joint going a little bit below you
can also go off to the side even towards the cheek if you
find any spot that there's just a lot of muscle tightness or
just achiness throw a couple more repetitions in there until
everything is nice and loose and instead of just opening and
closing your mouth you can also go side to side with it to hit
the jaw just a little bit differently
Just experiment with as many different motions as you can.
So, let's take this one to the next level by now opening up
our ears with that vacuum technique. What you're going to
do is take your palms right here and cup around your ears
and then you're going to press into your ears until you feel a
suction form and then from there, what you're going to do
is open your mouth very very slowly, open it up as much as
you can and when you can't go any further, what you're going
to do is then release that suction with that's to do is
hopefully equalize your ears open up that eustachian tube
and give you that pop that you're looking for so let me
demonstrate this going to cut my ears like this
and just quickly reduce that pressure by removing that
suction. I like to do that roughly about three to five
times. It may take a couple repetitions until finally
everything opens up but I hope that gives you very quick
relief. So, this is what I call the ear hook and pull. This one
is great if you're dealing with a lot of sinus congestion
that's building pressure in your ears. So, whatever side
that you're having ear issues. Let's say it's your right ear.
You're going to take your thumb and index finger on that side
and gently pinch to your earlobe. If you do have
piercings or anything like that, definitely use caution
with this exercise. So, once you pinch onto your earlobe,
what you're going to do is a fluid motion of hooking it,
you're going to pull off to the side but up at the same time.
So, kind of goes diagonally up just like this and with this
exercise, it's all about speed. Be as quick as possible with
it. Don't use a lot of force. It shouldn't feel like your
earlobe is being ripped off. I like to do this roughly 10 to
15 times and as you this, you should feel a lot of good
drainage form in your ear and also it will quickly reduce
pressure. Maybe you'll get that pop right away and you're good
to go but if it feels like you need some more repetitions,
throw in as many as you like and this is something that you
can use throughout the day. So, if that pressure won't release,
you can take this exercise to the next level by as you do
this, slowly open and close your mouth at the same time.
You can also take your jaw from side to side. Actually by doing
that actually open up that right ear right there but it'll
just help activate the jaw, reduce a little bit more
pressure, and it may finally give you that pop that you're
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