Samson
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A few years ago I took a basic open water cert course and all was going well until we dove to pool depth. Past a certain depth, my ears would hurt. It was a dull, aching pain that only got worse as I went deeper. I tried ascending, equalizing, etc. but nothing helped and I had to leave the class.
A few years went by and, still wanting to learn to dive, I found an instructor that was willing to work with me one on one to see if I could equalize properly before going back to an actual course. Unfortunately, the same problem happened and past roughly 6' of water, I got the same pain in my ears and didn't descend further.
I told him that upon ascending, I'm hearing my ears crackle/pop and open up and he told me that that means that I am equalizing going down but honestly, I'm not feeling anything as I descend in terms of equalizing.
On land I can just swallow and move my jaw a bit and my ears pop and open up with ease. I don't feel any of that when I'm underwater. I just feel a gradual pain that begins to build past a certain depth and only gets worse as I keep going down and nothing I do with my nose or mouth produces any sort of click or pop or opening feeling like I do on land.
I'm confused now and have no idea how to approach this. Any suggestions?
A few years went by and, still wanting to learn to dive, I found an instructor that was willing to work with me one on one to see if I could equalize properly before going back to an actual course. Unfortunately, the same problem happened and past roughly 6' of water, I got the same pain in my ears and didn't descend further.
I told him that upon ascending, I'm hearing my ears crackle/pop and open up and he told me that that means that I am equalizing going down but honestly, I'm not feeling anything as I descend in terms of equalizing.
On land I can just swallow and move my jaw a bit and my ears pop and open up with ease. I don't feel any of that when I'm underwater. I just feel a gradual pain that begins to build past a certain depth and only gets worse as I keep going down and nothing I do with my nose or mouth produces any sort of click or pop or opening feeling like I do on land.
I'm confused now and have no idea how to approach this. Any suggestions?