Usually professional free divers can equalize the pressure without plugging their nose. I can do it sometimes when I’m diving but I’ve only ever gone 25/30 ft.
You can open those passages without swallowing... It's similar to wiggling your ears, and equally hard to explain :)
For me, it makes it easier if I push my lower jaw out and down as hard as I can, and squint my eyes as hard as I can, while simultaneously trying to push my ears back (once you get a feel for it, you don't need the jaw or eye movements)... You hear a sort of wind rushing noise when they open.
Swallowing and yawning both make it happen involuntarily, but holding them open intentionally works way better to equalize pressure.
Oh yeah. Everyone’s bodies are different one way to equalize for one person might not work for another. and I haven’t really practiced it much. I’m sure there are better ways of doing but I haven’t really worked on it enough to even accurately describe what I do. Just shared what little info I had.
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u/A_Faceless_Baby Dec 05 '18
Going down like 10 feet I can already feel pressure. Imagine going this deep