How to Pop Your Ear Safely | Ear Problems

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When your eustachian tube is blocked, any one of the over-the-counter medications for sinusitis or nasal congestion will open the eustachian tube and relieve the fullness. In addition, you can sometimes pop your ear and this is called a valsalva maneuver. And the way that you should do it is pinch your nose and while your nose is pinched swallow or drink. Some people will pinch their nose and blow against the closed nose to force air into the ear. This can be done as well, but it should be done gently. And if during this maneuver and you feel dizzy, you must stop immediately and not repeat the maneuver.

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Get some relief from clogged ears by using these helpful products to safely pop ears!

AirPods with Wireless Charging Case:
Bottled Water:
Sugar Free Chewing Gum with Xylitol:
Allergy Relief Nasal Spray:
Extra-Strength Nasal Strips:

[rainboba]

WHAT WAS THAAAT?! SORRY I CANT HEAR YOU

[comfortablynumb]

I was 9 SECONDS in and sniffed kinda hard and my ears cracked and popped. Try to make top comment and don't waste the other 55 seconds. 😀

[CableLineNetwork]

I held my nose and did it and my ear popped it's making me tweek right now, i'm stoned. This is cool i've been congested in my ears for days it's annoying, OMG i'm coming back from like after 7 minutes of this i held my nose and popped my air bubbles that yo Jesus this feels so amazing my earns have been congested for days OMG

[YellowvzzGaming]

Just like when the plane is landing

*My ears get stuck*

[chronometa]

I'm always having this issue. And usually it clears on its own when I randomly burp or yawn. But I can never force it it seems.

[damolaalabi]

Omg I just did this ones and my ears popped and unclogged I can hear clearly again!!! Omg!

[roberttrey]

I'm too scared to do the whole breathing really hard with your nose closed..I did it one time and it was so painful...some people do it with ease, don't know how they can stand the pain.

[ComboMon-]

when it does pop. the pressure comes back after a second or two

[benchiverton]

It feels like a bubble in my ear and when I do this it pops but then just reforms again

[shelbeekercher]

I held my nose and blew and now I can't hear out of both and I feel dizzy omfg

[nathanbrown]

That literally just popped my right back in, >_> Just yawn and it will eventually work. ^_^

[fangirlit]

I had my ear popped for at least two days and every time I swallow or yawn and such it wont work. so I decided to look it up and this did not work

[leaf_]

What I did was moistened the ear up a bit (just put a warm/wet towel over the ear for like 10 mins), then i plugged my nose, then what i did, was i plugged the non-clogged ear to keep IT from getting clogged, it also helps because it puts the air into the other clogged ear, lastly I blew a little bit hard, and it unclogges the other ear. i wouldnt reccomend doing this more than twice/3 times as it may damage the ear drum/ear. Tell me if this helped

[liamgardner]

TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO FIND THIS METHOD INEFFECTIVE: If your ears do not pop, you likely have impacted earwax or fluid behind the eardrum. I would go see a doctor about either of these issues.

[JuanVargas-fdcr]

It was 3am in the morning and ive decided to do this this thing where I pinch my nose and breathe out but since I was only half awake, I didnt know how much force I was putting while breathing, so I did it to hard and I heard cracking sound in my ear and I felt so much pain! I started sobbing for thirty minutes and right now it still hurts. Its 4am and I dont know what to do!

[DaeceJ]

Thank you YT recommended videos, thank you.

Anyway, while I'm here - You can learn to control the muscle(s?) that 'pop(s)' your ears without having to do anything special like holding your nose, drinking or chewing etc.

Unsure on the best way to learn how to do it, as I happened upon the technique spontaneously on a flight some 15 years ago.

Recommend grabbing a glass of water, take a sip - When you swallow that sip, try to focus on the first part of the swallow action where you feel that pressure building in your ears and the subsequent pop. Repeat until you can separate the pressure/pop action from the swallow component and you'll find this allows you to pop your ears at will.

Let me know if anyone has success, or better tips on how to learn this (made up the above training program based on a few assumptions).

[lefiellee]

Oh I've been doing this for years before I found this T-T. Sometimes I sneeze and sometimes snot comes out and that annoys me until one day I just subconsciously pinched my nose and it popped my ears and it felt unclogged (Earwax quickly forms in my ears so that was a random discovery that helped me a lot). So every time I sneeze, I get to unclog my ears ^^

[HighFiveGuy]

My right ear has been plugged for 2 days and the pressure and not being able to hear on one side is really starting to bug me, I've tried everything I know to fix this and nothing has worked. I tried this and it didn't even make a scratch. PLEASE! Do you have anything else I can do? Thank you so much!

[Erica-hstp]

I did it for my right ear and ended up having both of my ear unpoped so it didn't work for me