I have always had trouble equalizing my right ear, and have read of many others with this one sided problem. I may have figured it out last night. Thoery: I have a bad tooth on the left side, and have been chewing mostly on the right side for quite some time. It seems likely that the extra jaw exercise would cause the muscles on the right side to be more tense, and even larger than those on the left. Thus making it more difficult to open the right eustacian tube. Do other people with this problem have a tendancy to chew on one side? Maybe some of you Anatomy Majors could lend some insight. Maybe this is a well known fact. Any intel would be appreciated.
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one sided explanation
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I too have more trouble equalizing one ear (left) compared to the other. And looking back on my dental history, I'm tempted to conclude that those are related!
Whether or not your explanation holds true I don't know. The asymmetry could be related to something neurologic and not actually the power or tension of the jaw muscles..
- anyways: Looking forward to hear other people's view on this!
I too have more trouble equalizing one ear (left) compared to the other. And looking back on my dental history, I'm tempted to conclude that those are related!
Whether or not your explanation holds true I don't know. The asymmetry could be related to something neurologic and not actually the power or tension of the jaw muscles..
- anyways: Looking forward to hear other people's view on this!
In his book Manual of Freediving, Umberto Pelizzari recommends chewing gum or caramels to work the muscles around the eustachian tubes to aid equalisation. I'm not sure whether this is to loosen those muscles associated with equalising or to strengthen them, i'll have to go home and check the bible tonight.
Cheers,
Ben
Cheers,
Ben
I think you will find the reason behind the chewing is that you swallow frequestly, opening the eustrachians.Likemost things if you open them a lot it should prove easier through high usage & helps you to be "in touch" with this area.:martial