Dry statics with perforated eardrum

[5kgLifter]

I looked around the forum, but didn't mange to find anything on doing dry-land statics with a perforated eardrum. I know the eardrum will take time to heal, as the doctor suggested, no swimming, and going back in 3 weeks for a check-up of the ear, and then again in May possibly; I kind of got the impression that he considered diving of any kind was out for a while longer than May, even though he mentioned it being only a small perforation.

The perforation was not caused by freediving, I had a cold which resulted in an ear infection Sunday, and by early Monday morning the pressure in the ear had got so bad that it just broke through the eardrum; but at least I'm not climbing the walls in agony any more . I'm hoping to get back to some form of normality, with exercise, by the end of the course of antibiotics, in a week's time, in order to give the ear a bit of reovery time.

But, my concern is, will dry-land statics be too much for the ear, or should they cause no problem, does anyone have any advice they can offer on this?

 

[trux]

As long as you keep your epiglottis closed during the breath-hold, it is quite fine. With an open epiglottis and strong contractions you may risk pressuring the middle ear and harming your eardrum.

 

[lopen79]

i agree with trux ... you can train in dry but do not push yourself ... in other words avoid any pressure against ear drum this will give it chance to heal in shorter time ...

 

[5kgLifter]

Many thanks Trux and Lopen, I'll make sure to maintain closed epiglottis when I get back to apnea tables, until I am given the all-clear by the doctor on whether it has fully healed, from what I've been reading up on the internet, 6 - 8 weeks seems a normal time duration for healing of perforated eardrums, so that's not too bad...but in the meantime, I'll be careful. Thanks again.