How do you swim to the bottom of the deep end without hurting your ears? This video is going to answer that very question. Its a relatively easy technique called Equalizing Here are some basic instructions for how to do it right. Enjoy the video and please excuse the cheesy special effects :P\r<br>\r<br>Methods Used:\r<br>-Salvage Maneuver\r<br>Pinch Your Nose and Blow\r<br> This is the method most divers learn: Pinch your nostrils and blow through your nose. The resulting overpressure in your throat usually forces air up your Eustachian tubes.\r<br>\r<br>-Toynbee Maneuver\r<br>Pinch Your Nose and Swallow\r<br>With your nostrils pinched swallow. Swallowing pulls open your Eustachian tubes while the movement of your tongue, with your nose closed, compresses air against them.\r<br>\r<br>-Frenzel Maneuver\r<br>Pinch Your Nose and Make the Sound of the Letter “Kâ€\r<br>Close your nostrils, and close the back of your throat as if straining to lift a weight. Then make the sound of the letter “K.†This forces the back of your tongue upward, compressing air against the openings of your Eustachian tubes.\r<br>\r<br>-Lowry Technique\r<br>Pinch Your Nose, Blow and Swallow\r<br>A combination of Valsalva and Toynbee: while closing your nostrils, blow and swallow at the same time.\r<br>\r<br>-Edmonds Technique\r<br>Pinch Your Nose and Blow and Push Your Jaw Forward\r<br>While tensing the soft palate (the soft tissue at the back of the roof of your mouth) and throat muscles and pushing the jaw forward and down, do a Valsalva maneuver.\r<br>\r<br>For more information visit this website: \r<br>\r<br>Here are a few other instructional videos to help you equalize:\r<br>\r<br>\r<br>For the advanced freediver: \r<br>\r<br>Facebook Page: \r<br>\r<br>YouTube Channel:
