Freediving How to Fix Sinus Problems | Freediving with Blocked Sinuses | Freediving with a Cold
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ค. 2024
- Freedivers can often get blocked sinuses. Sinus problems when freediving are one of the main things that can stop a person diving. fixing blocked sinuses is possible but diving with a cold or with a sinus infection does usually lead to further complications with your sinuses.
In this video I cover:
-What are sinuses and why they can be problematic for freediving?
-What causes sinus issues?
-How to solve our sinus issues
-How to treat and deal with sinus injuries like bleeding from the nose.
If you're keen to check out our online freediving school go to www.freedivingmanual.com
To learn to freedive in Australia check out www.freedivingfamily.com
How to rinse or flush your sinuses? click links below:
• How to wash your sinus...
• How to Use a Neti Pot
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Thanks so much for helping each other out, answering eachother's questions and developing this community I'd love to see the more experienced diver answering a lot of the questions in the comments! :)
Instead of calling you yoda, I'm gonna call you broda =)
Oh my I like that!
Great video mate I've been looking for decent advice on this matter as I have sinus issues thank you 🙏 subscribed
A good jog works pretty good for me, but I never did it for the purpose of diving. I did it because I had a head cold and felt miserable. Jogging seems to break up the congestion in my head and I generally feel much better within four hours after jogging. Thanks for the video, I'll work in a jog before my next dive and see how things go.
yeah Jogging definitely does the trick :) lots of blood pumping in the head and the heat is great for breaking down mucus :)
Quality as always Adam, editing even getting abit better cause it feels nice and flowy haha. I've only been freediving for like a month and had some sinus issues on my Aida 2 course right at the end of the dive session.
While in Turkey I've found that sometimes it's useful to equalise strong cause it may help push air into those nifty little spaces. Anyway hopefully can hit 10m finning tomorrow cause never been down that far, I just want to experience freefall ;)
Well that's a pretty big comment that no one will read but it's fun to jot your thoughts down once in a while.
Keep up the good work 🐬
hahah Dan! It's like therapy- pouring your heart out to TH-cam haha. I hope you get down because you deserve to feel that Freefall! It's beautiful :) And definitely equalising strong definitely helps at times.....sometimes I do have to be a little careful with the information I put out online because there are some things i'd like to say that may not be best to just throw out into the online world where I dont know everyone's experience levels and haven't dived with them personally...things like telling people to do forceful equalisations etc which can carry an element of risk.
Thanks bro I have all of those issues. I'll start practice your advice, hope it works and i can dive as deep as you.
i watched this video after sinus bleeding and it is very helpful, thanks for bro science :)
thanks bro! stoked I could help :)
Great video, thanks Adam!
Thank you Adam! Great info as usual.
thanks buddy :) appreciate it :)
thanks adam ,very good video ,a big respect for people helping the others free
thanks so much! :)
Shot Adam, great video as always. Love the new addition and definately waaaaayyy above your weight. My problem: I find that after 20 minutes of going up and down comfortably, I find a huge amount of 'bubbled' up gunk pours out of my nose into my mask. Not sure how to prevent this from happening.
I've just started freediving and today, I was really frustrated that I couldn't equalize. This video helped me understand why because I was congested while diving!!
Thanks Adam! This is very helpful ❤️❤️
you're so so welcome!
Love your videos! You should do a video on reverse blockages. I have to do a slower ascent because my ears don’t equalize immediately on ascent...?
Thanks mate very helpful,
I had extreme pressure in my left eyebrow while free diving, I could sort it out now.
thanks Adam!!! I''m here now because som a bleading nose after me and my friend went freediving, and he told me about what you said, but also... i were sick while diving so i had lotts of problems diving when it happend.
Thanks Adam, another great video - I've bursted a blood vessel in my sinus recently. Doctor has told me to take 3 weeks off. Really sucks not being able to dive for this long. Thanks for reassuring me that I need to wait!
yeah it does suck staying out of the water for so long but it definitely pays off in the end :)
Hey Adam, love the video ......What brand of freediving carbon fin do you use ?
can you recommend a good brand of carbon fiber fins please.
I use Molchanov Fins :) they are honestly the best fins I have ever worn on my feet!
Ohh man i've been really looking forward to this video ... I have really the worst sinuses in the world i've been diagnosed by many doctors that i have issues including pansinusities , nasal polyps, IT hyper , Deviated septum , post-Bilateral fess , ..... I've been diving for 5 years and I just can't stop diving feeling that is the only thing in my life that i feel good about it and happy while i'm doing it ...so many doctors said that i needed surgery 3 of them , so I did all of them last January, i had to rest for 3 months before went back for diving again , and guss what still had some issues and pain under my eyebrows and cheeks , went back to doctor and was diagnosed with allergy this time , so i'm on medication since then and still fighting against them with all my heart i just can't quit diving so help me God , tried all natural remedies, and all things u mentioned in this video , never could dive as a normal person and reach depths i wanted because of them , and doctors just keep saying be patient and u will get cured, did all the allergies tests and the result is nothing .... Don't know what to do after all of this
Have you tried diet? regular and intense exercise? Often our diets cause us to produce way too much mucus?
I've done the nutrition allergy tests , nothing come up , it seems like i've no specific food that i'm allergic to ....
@@hosamgnaba3205 you should give it a try anyways and listen to you body not the doctors, best of luck
Thanks for all the broficient advice!
Welcome bro ;)
I watched this over dinner and was thinking, nah.. he won't demonstrate the netti pot after that preamble.. choked on my pizza and my eyes watered for you 'Bra' 😂😂😂. Love it. That's been my last few days and I can't say it's filmic stuff!!! kudos and entertaining as all hell yet again ;).
hahahahah Thank you :) had to put some water up my nose for everyone :P
Thanks for the tips. Loved it. 😊😊
very welcome!!!
Hi adam Tips that I found also useful through trial are chin tucked in on duck dives and decent, diet 24 hours before due to bad hay fever, no dairy in morning before or late evening before dive days. Plus hay fever excentuates with beer, so if I drink the night before I switch to clear spirits. Hope that helps someone out there.
champion! thanks for throwing your experience into the ring :) very much appreciated. I actually forgot to mention alcohol in the video
This is so helpful thankyouuu
Hi Adam
All your equalising videos are really good & have helped me a lot. Working out how to frenzel & equalise upside down has been a real problem for me & I wouldn't say I've mastered it yet, but I think I'm slowly getting there
BTW way your definitely batting Merrins 😂
tas82c Practice makes perfect. I had some issues at first while being upside down but I just found it helpful to relax just to make sure that the soft palate and other stuff it relaxed and in neutral. Dive safe :)
Thanks for everything. Adam, how do I know if I have a scar in my sinuses? Is that the word you used, scar?
thanks again & again for sharing your experiences...
I add some Eucalyptus Radiata in boiling water, and i do it even to prevent some sinus problems. may it helps some ;-)
There's the video I was waiting for lol. This gives great tips on what to do before you go dive, but is there anything you can do if you get congested after a while of diving? I've been told before that some sprays work. Hope you two had fun!
rest bro :) just rest and stay out of the water
Will do... and I will cry 😭😂
This is literally my problem. I am perfectly fine outside of the water. At the moment I'm diving everyday, actually spearfishing. After about half an hour or an hour my nose becomes very congested and I blow out all of this snot and it gets better. I continue the process but after 2 hours or so it's almost impossible to clear it. However once I'm out of the water is perfectly fine again. It's very weird it only happens when I'm diving.
Thank you so much for these videos Adam! I've got a minor deviated septum that has made it really hard for one of my ears to equalise. I attempted a wave 1 course but wasn't able to reach the required depth due to this issue... I'll be attempting the dive again soon so I'll be practising all the exercises you've mentioned (in other videos too). Crossing my fingers and toes and hoping for a smooth dive! Have you got any further tips specifically for a minor deviated septum?
Have this same problem after a broken nose. Really annoying because one ear pops really well.
The sacrifice to make freediving safe deserve at least a like and subscribe
Thanks Annes :)
Hello Adam, I think i may having this sinus blocking issue. I am a beginner of free diving and everytime i feel so pain inside my head above my left eyebrow when going down. I will try the method you mentioned and hope i can get rid of it. thank you.
Hi and thank you for the video... i might have stiff eustachian tube coz equalizing frenzel is always with hissing n hard. yesterday i had sinus (forhead) pinching even at less than 10m but after a while i started spitting blood... all i heard of is beelding through nose but that hardly happend...is it a sinus problem? also, whats the best position while head down is it tucking the chin or looking further down n extending neck.... i often do that coz i spearfish n i need to check out where to land or look for fish around.
thanks....
Mate what can you recommend to help when one ear won't equalize??? drops?? ear waxing??
Hey guys/gals im new tp free diving, but im getting down to around 20m and haven't really experienced any equalizing problems. Even though i do have a deviated septum. Wondering if having this problem will hinder deeper dives in the future??
hi Adam l love your videos keep doing the good work
i'm a beginner when I dive 7meters i pressure on my ears even after equalizing I feel a little pressure it's manageable but there is one can you tell me what's the problem?
Have you watched my video on how to solve equalisation issues? and how to frenzel equalise? if you havent watch those and then if you have any questions just ask me :)
Just done with my intro to freediving course, I experienced pain/pressure on my right eye and cheek including tootchavhe whenever i’m equalizing while going down deeper. What could be the possible cause for this?
Hi Adam I've been diving for over 20 yrs...for some reason I've developed bad sinus squeeze...I don't have congestion...I'm starting to wonder weather I've damaged or scarred my sinuses....what do you think Bro..??
thx bro you are my favorite bro scientiste
hahahah thanks brother!
Hello Adam,
Nice video!
I have a problem when I try to equalize some of the air escapes through my right eye's tear duct, I can feel the air coming out from it. As a remedy, I always close my eyes when equalizing. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Thank you!
Thanks Paul :) in your case there isnt anything you can do to fix it. it's actually quite common so just close your eye and relax haha because that's about all you can do :)
I have allergic rhinitis. I take Antihistamine (zycast) the night before the dive right after sleeping. This used to be my routine even before diving. And when waking up, I make sure I dont trigger the allergy so I stay away from sudden temperature change and dusts. Like putting on socks to make sure my feet doesnt get cold. And drink a glass of water right after waking up.
I have a deviated septum and have a very hard time equalizing. I never thought it could be related. Glad I watched this video! The only reason I haven't had surgery yet is because they say you have to sleep in an upright position for a week or two, and that's just not possible for me to do.
ah man that sucks. Well I'm wishing you a solution for your sinus issue!
Hey Adam very helpful video. Should I purge, even a little, before a breath hold? Thanks
thanks buddy :) if by purge you mean to flush your sinuses, yes you can do that. If you mean to purge C02 by doing a big breath before a breath hold then no :)
This summer I am having a sinus problem while diving -for the first time in my life 🙁Went to doctor 2 days ago and now using a special nasal sprey. I have benefited from this sprey and after a week I will go to my doc for a check. At that day I will have a head tomography. Again, a very useful, informative video for the community Adam. I will try ginger tea as well ☺ as ginger have many health benefits. Thanks buddy for your efforts! 👌👏👏👏
Thank you so much! I hope your sinus issue clears up. Sometimes a little sinus infection can stuff our sinuses for a few weeks or months
Hey Adam ! So i was spearfishing yesterday and bllod came out of my nose but there is no pain how much you think i should rest?
Thanks a lot Adam! You're making the best videos! I have problems with equalization, and have seen all your videos regarding this. Trying all your tricks.. :) If possible, I would like to have a private chat with you regarding my equalization issues. Regards from Norway :)
Thanks so much Rune! In the next 2 months I'm going to setting some logistics up so I can have live chats with people but right now i'm preparing for the world championships so I don't have any time. I'll keep you posted though!
Thanks, that would have been great! Good luck with the world championships! :)
Thanks for the video. I had sinus problems since I started. I have mixed mucus with blood. I went to the doctor and he told me that my tubes are swelling and I won’t be able to dive. I’m allergic to dust and I suffer from it a lot. So I’m not sure if I have swelling tubes bc of the allergy or if it’s just how it is. Does swelling mean I could never dive?
Hi Adam, really enjoy your videos! My left ear is more difficult to equalize than the right one, because the left tube tends to clog more quickly. On top of that I have a condition that whenever I increase pressure to equalize, air escapes right underneath my left eye (tear channel?), rather than that it helps to equalize the left ear. I wonder if you are aware of such cases and if you have any suggestions how to deal with them. I generally find it costs too much energy (and concerns) and I would like to minimze the effort.... Keep it up! Cheers xxx
Just curious. How do we know if air is coming out of the eye duct.
Some days I experience sinus squeeze and some days I do not. In all cases it happens when I feel perfectly fine -- no symptoms of a cold or other ailment. Without the benefit of a home swimming pool, is there any way to test/predict before leaving the house how my sinuses will behave when I go diving?
Hey everyone, so I am new to freediving. I have noticed during my last couple free dives over the last few days that my phlegm has had a fair amount of blood in it. To the point it’s pretty much solid red. That said my nose is not bleeding at all. It is only the phlegm that has blood in it. Should I be concerned? And should I hold off diving for a week?
hey does anyone know anything abt freediving with Vasomotor Rhinitis?
omfg that was crackup (: ty brother I have started watching your videos and you are very awesome (:
Great video, lots of good tips ive never heard before! My ears are filled with olive oil.
When i took the scuba course and had problems equalizing, the intructors told me to put olive oil in my ears for some hours or over night. This will dissolve your earwax ( which is good for equalization? ). after you just flush it out with (not too) hot water. Might have to repeat several times.
Have no idea if it works, or if the instructor was just messing with me. When i think about it, it would have been a good prank..
I'm at a loss.. I can't close my nose (soft palate)? The result is that my mask always "auto-equalizes" and thus leaks (I can't stick a mask to my face, it just ends up sucking the air through my nose, falling off again). What do I do?
Thanks so much for all your advise so far ,really helpful!
I hope it isn't answered already! I've experienced some problems with equalizing my right ear channel ...it's quite often not possible to equalize at all and diving is more less impossible as it starts hurting a lot after only going down more than 2-3m so I need to rest a bit while snorkeling around rocks or so on the surface until it is possible again to equalize.
I spearfish for about two years now but this problem only appeared a few month ago and it's getting a bit more frequently and resistant, so I'm getting a bit concerned what to do etc..I've bought and used Doc's Ear Plugs and it helps a bit but also hurts in due to the not very very soft silicon(might need to size down as well)...and I'm looking for alternatives or better ear plugs but can't find anything really than the freaking overpriced SurfEars 2.0 ..the Doc's Ear Plugs are already stupid expensive in my opinion for some tiny bit of silicon... SO if someone out in our freedive family is out there with some more tips to solve this issue or recommendation for good working ear plugs...please give it to me :P Cheers Tilo
I will try the 3M EAR CLEAR plugs as well...at least a reasonable price ;)
Hey Tilo! I really don't have much experience with ear plugs because i've never needed them but many divers i know have found ones that work for them so maybe you just need to find some that suit you. Also have you seen my video on solving equalisation problems???
Thanks Adam for your fast response! I've received the 3M Ear Clear today and they fit very well and I think they will do the job..I also will make very soon a appointment at the otolaryngologist to have a check on the issue... I reckon I did dive a bit to much for very long hours in very cold water and so there is something build up?! I'll also will check again your vid about equalizing !..thanks so much for your good work here!
All the best for your World Championships!!
I do have a special rinsing tube, where I can put pressure on it so the water goes up all the way to the upper sinus and even comes down the throat after. Doesn't taste good, but hey, it helps a lot!
hahaha most medicine doesn't taste good :P
I'd love to know which one you're using as well!
I need this mostly for the airplane
So I know that blood tends to smell like rusty iron and stuff but what I wanna know what causes you to smell or taste rusty iron during a dive
This vedio is so helpful
Stoked I could help out :)
thank you adam
very welcome!
I used to have chronic sinus issues and I got surgery about a year and half ago, I was doing great after the surgery but recently popped a blood vessel while free diving spearfishing and it was really painful. I was a little congested but still kept diving and pushing my self to the limit. Besides rest, any other recommendation? Oh btw, your videos are great, very helpful!!!!
thanks buddy :) well to be dead honest there is only rest. For someone like yourself it's best not to rush your body as you already had issues with your sinuses. Just rest and take it easy :)
are you F1 certifited? what are your free diving certifications? please make a vidoe sharing about your certifications and or your expirence in diving. im not saying you hage to have certifcations. free diving certifications are new and many dont know about them. thanks!
F1 certified? I've never heard of that??? I'm a PADI Freediving Instructor Trainer. So i train people to become freediving instructors. I'm also an instructor with other agencies but currently i'm only teaching PADI
Does sinus squeeze go away or does it happen every time
I have a question. We always hear about not diving alone. I do try to take this seriously, but due to circumstances of where I live etc. I can’t really go to a diving school and I don’t know anyone with experience. Could I together with a buddy learn freediving as we progress together or would that still be unsafe?
I mean, if the buddy also doesn't know how to freedive, he can't help you properly if you have any trouble. But if you stay on the shallows first and practice the duck dive and so one I guess it's fine, call it snorkeling if you want
Seriously useful, thank you and yes… you are massively punching!!
Cold water divers on the Canadian Pacific coast thank you :)
thanks so much Luca! very much appreciated :)
Hi Adam! I have a Deviated Septum since I was young because of trauma. Maybe this answers my question about equalization. I really can't equalize even in 3 meters. When I try to equalize, air leaks toward the corner of my eyes and still never equalize my ears. Thanks for the video, I'll consult a doctor from now on.
Hey Don :) deviated septums can stop a person from being able to equalise so I hope that when you see a doctor they give you good news!!!
Hi Adam, I know you posted this video a while ago but Ipm hoping you can help me out, I´ve been free diving for a little while now but I´m still a begginer, the last 4 times i went in the wáter and started descending I could experience pain in my forehead, at first I thoght I wasn´t ecualizing properly but I kept going down.. up to the point where I got blood coming out of my nose, so the next time I tried it same thing happened until the 4th time where a lot of blood came out and it was extremely painfull, what do you suggest for recovery? But most importantly, I have cronic sinus problems, it did not come from a cold, yet I don´t want to stop free diving, how can I free dive with this condition?
Thanks!
Hey Alejandra :)
So you don't have to quit freediving. :) Usually a ruptured sinus can take 3 - 14 days to heal depending on how bad it was. I think right now the goal should be to get your sinusitis under control because once you do that you'll be a whole new freediver :)
You are great bro,, from 2 days i dived and i had that sinus issue upper my eye at front head then second day i i didnt had it i thought cuz i must use to it but when i learned to equ its not happened again so thank u,, I swim from the age 6 and i love swimming and diving but im not pro in diving so im learning everything from u anr i felt like waaaw finally i begun to dive as a pro so thanx alooot bro 🤘
Thanks so much! I'm so happy the videos are so helpful :)
Adam Freediver yes sooo much helpful ,, you must be the son of Poseidon 😂🤘
I have had sinus issues since I was 17 ( now 41 ) after every dive I get excessive fluid build up and as I progress through the day I find it more difficult to equalise 😖 hopefully all I need is a flush 🤞
you've got me a bit worried, i've got a slightly deviated septum and I'm going on holiday to do an AIDA course in a couple of months. I can equalize my ears ok, they go out about the same time, or very close together - is it likely I will still have a problem with my sinuses? I guess I will grab a neti pot and start a steam regime to give myself the best chance anyway.
I wouldnt be too worried. Many people in your situation are completely fine! Just relax and have fun- if you do have any issues during the course then you can worry haha
Cssfiend keep steaming for sure. but I've got a deviated septum too, and I can dive just fine. Sometimes I slow down to give my ears a chance to catch up.
Anyone have suggestions to dealing with allergies and diving? I’m about to quit diving because my allergies won’t allow me to equalize properly
Hi from Greece !Question about the mask equalization ... I spearfish and after a considerable time of 1h in freediving i feel the mask getting sucked on the face and "strange" noises come out from my nostrils like "bubbling". Sometimes when i get the mask off and lean forward dense water is coming out of the nose. After that i find it difficult to equalize with frentzel. I have suffered from sinusitis in the past , which comes and goes, not regularly. Any proposals to face that problem ?
It sounds to me that after a period of time your sinuses are getting irritated and you're getting some water in your nose and in your sinuses so I think the solution here is to just make sure you equalise the mask properly all the time to take the pressure off your sinuses and that will also stop water going into your nose. In the beginning you may have to overequalise the mask but after a while you'll know just how much you have to do it to keep your sinuses working well :)
I healed in a night by applying hot patch on my forehead, the pain was really awful, and the next morning that pain are gone, and I also do the sinus irrigation with saline water..
Bro Science with Dom Mazetti and Adam Stern :)
Hey Adam, can you do one on Lung Trachea i think it is? I burst some capilaries (I am lead to believe) in my lungs and coughed up blood for a couple of hours. What information do you have? I asked around on Southern Queensland Spearfishing and it seems this is happening to ALOT of people, would be great if you did a video on it! And yeh bro, your punching....haha but arent we all?
Hey bro :) We just spoke on facy right? But yeah i'll do a video on lung squeeze and trachea squeeze :)
english et french subtitles please ! thanks
Hey Adam and fellow viewers, recently I experienced a pain behind my left eye about 2-3 meters down. I’ve never felt it before but it was a day ender for sure. Did 5 or 6 dives to around 15-20 meters before the pain came on. Assuming sinus squeez but wanted to see if any other gurus out there had any info
100% Sinus squeeze Scott. super common :)
Yessss you are right. I felt dumb for awhile because after years of diving I’ve never come close to anything like that. Thanks again for the reply brother. Pain is gone now, just needed some rest
really good videothanks ones egain
what about if i dont have any mocus before diving and i dont feel nothing jus before diving. but just after 30 mn of diving i start to biuld mocus inside mi sinus.
my mask kets skuct in my face quite offten. i dont have blod never ever but i have a yelow grous mocus going out of my mouth every time i dive. no pain. what could i do .
yoan aerodrone is that mucus stopping you from equalising or does it always come out when you surface? Any chance that you may be coming off the back of a cold and it's just phloem? Normally the general rule of thumb is if there's no pain it shouldn't be doing any harm. Hope this helps :)
Dan's advice is solid! ;) just spit or blow the mucus away
thanks for your answer. i will keep training see what happens.
it does happens every time i start breading from my nouse.
thanks guys
Yeah I have the exact same answer, spearfishing many hours a day everyday, and having a issue for a month. I just blow the snot out of my nose, and continue to do that however it's hard for me to go more than 20 m after an hour or two or three of diving because it's hard equalized
Hi Adam, I actually have a harder time equalizing now that I had my septum fixed. I had 15 percent airflow in my right, and 5 percent in my left. Now is open and I'm having huge trouble, with that and clear snot in my mask. Lol
Ah that's a shame! those surgeries just don't often work. I've heard quite a few stories like this unfortunately
The more I practice and work n it it seems to be getting better. But the clear snot isn't going away LOL I'm going to work with Ted Harty out of FLorida with my equalizing again. No offense to you, I just have been talking with him for a few years. But I love your videos. I would love to take Deep Week with you, and a course with him. Stay awesome..
well well well above your weight sunshine, good vid though brother
hahahah i know! thanks bro :)
Can you make a video how to relax our body before and in diving. I hope you can share something like that. Anyways it os a great video
Amer dan Akmal Travelog good controlled breath up only breathing tidal volumes of air ( not full inhales and exhales). Breath in and then exhale slowly for double the time of the inhale. During the dive just play around with what works; finding your happy place, focusing on equalising, focusing on nothing etc.
Hope this helps :)
Dan Black thanks for that, i would try some day. Thanks for your proposal.
GOLD highlights @ 6:10 - Yep. 10 points there.
Quick question. I use to go deep under water but since 4 months, every time I go 1m underwater my nose hurts on the right side and I cant ever go deep anymore because I don't want to push the pain. What to do?
its sounds like you have a sinus blockage. This can often come from a cold or flu :)
One personal experience. Blocked sinuses above my eyes forced me to push a lot to equalize them. As result my ear drums (where the air passage was just fine) were pushed to hard out and during emersion stopped to work. Braking emersion didn´t help, diving another meter and continuing emersion niether. As result I reached surface with a lot of pain in my ear and three following days cleaning my ear from blood. Three weeks out of water.
I was really stupid going on diving (fishing) that day! Luckily this happened at 4 meters. As the pain and ear drum trauma was increasing every meter of emersion, can´t emagine what would happen comming back from 15 meters...
And one more tip for those with not ideal sinuses as I do. While equalising, I do close my eyes. Sound ridiculus, but it helps! Happens some times that the air I am pushing is coming out of my eye corner. Wierd?!
hahaha absolutely! sometimes the air can escape through the tear ducts- thank you for contributing your experience! :)
Thank You for all great videos!
I close my eyes too!
What about a problem with one ear equalize worse than other? It happens almost all time. I have one method to fix it with salt water but it is only temporary.Maybe there are some ways to try? Yea and one side of my nose often breathe harder that other. Once a time I had back block problem and that ended not really good.
have you watched my video on solving equalisation problems?
Adam Freediver Yes I do.It helps if equalise with problematic ear up, but it is not comfortant.And really good is your equalisation training on land.After each training some half hour can equalise without problem.But it is only temporary... I am training it two weeks.Maybe results will be later?
Definitely punching above your weight Adam!!
Don’t worry, I am too 😁
hahaha 100% she is way too hot for me! haha but we do have the charm ;)
Hi Adam, I just started my freedive course level 1 here in Indonesia and on my first dive I had problems with sinuses pain. I'm willing to become a instructor and I'm very afraid to struggle with my sinuses problems. And the weird thing is that I don't feel my self congested, just pain above my eyes while I descend.
I had the same pain ,and from time to time blood & it's repeatitive
What do you think about spearfishing?
Do you actually practice it?
Yep. I spearfish :) I think that if spearfishing is done responsibly its the most sustainable form of fishing
My nose bleeds once i go deeper. Maybe 8 to 10 meters. I thought it is because i didnt equalize well. But the next dive i had after 2-3 weeks, this happened again
Sinus squeeze is absolutely horrific. I’m an advanced scuba diver and experienced this because I thought I had recovered from a cold but clearly I hadn’t. It was horrific, like the front of my brain was going to explode, there was blood everywhere and it took me weeks to get better😮💨
My nosebleeds today at 7:00 am when I dived at 12 meters to spear fish after a month of break. I thought I was gonna able to do it directly since our main spot for spearfishing was at 18-22 meters. To be honest we don't have any proper lesson since We only just a local part-time fishermen. I'm looking for some advice, should I rest for weeks and then when I decided to dive back is it fine to directly dive at 10meters above?
I have narrow sinus passages, i wasn't freediving but flying! It was so painful that I went to the ER thinking my brain was hemorrhaging.
Great videos, Adam. Your Frenzel video taught me how to equalize head down after more than a year of frustration and even paying someone to help me learn. Now for my sinuses. I do have a deviated septum, but the sinuses on the opposite side from my deviated septum are the ones that tend to get clogged. I do sinus rinses, take an allergy spray as prescribed by my doctor, and take an over the counter expectorant to try and loosen up the mucus, but sometimes none of that works. I am going to try steaming more often. Do any of my fellow freedivers experience this? When my sinuses are clear, I can equalize no problem!
Thanks David :) This is such a common issues with divers. A good friend of mine is quite good with dealing with his tricky sinuses. He will know more about it than me. You can write to him on instagram @freedivingcentral
i have a couple of problems. when i lay on my back underwater my sinuses tingles unbearably, and after swimming a few hours later i sneeze a lot.
i don't get pressure in my sinuses.
but I get pressure in my chest/lungs in just about 3-5meter of water.
at 2 meter everything is fine and I can hold my breath for a long time.
But in 3-5meters I can only hold a few seconds due to pressure (I think). it feels like my lungs are about to burn up, just after a few seconds.
any thoughts on that.
thank you. 😊
love your videos.😊
So expand on the pressure bit and what it actually feels like, is it just a tightness around the whole of your lungs or in specific places like your sternum etc. Also any pain at all or is it just more discomfort?
It feels like at the end of your apnea walk, when your lungs are on fire.
But it seems like it only comes after the 3meters.
I just thought it was becuase of the pressure. Since i´m fine at 0-3meters, but at 3.5meters my lungs are in pain/ on fire. And my breathhold is down to a few seconds. At 0-3meters i can holde for around 30-45sek.
I´m a newbie and my breathhold is not more that 1.45min. So that can be one of the issues.
Maybe i´m just grasping at straws. Maybe i just need more practise.
denmyos I'm new as well haha only diving down to around 8m and then hanging for like 10-20 seconds. I can understand where you're coming from cause as soon as I hit that's 5m barrier bang contractions start happening already.
I think you might just be panicking abit when you get down cause being under pressure is a weird feeling. When u say burning, do u think that is down to the fact you have a small breath hold and a low CO2 tolerance or does it actually feel like a sharp pain that you feel like you couldn't go any deeper with otherwise you would injure yourself if you did?
I hope its because its of my low breathhold.
I just surprise that pain/burning/pressuer comes only about 1m belowe the "im feeling fine depth"
This sounds mostly like a psychological issue. Just take your time :) progress slowly and enjoy it!!!
I can hear what sounds like a hiss in my right ear when dry equalising sharply. Not sure if it's a ruptured eardrum because when I hold the frenzel my nose inflates and there's no pain. Anyone has an idea as to what it may be?
Xuchilbara if you can, get into a pool and do an equalisation with someone watching and if they see bubbles coming from your ear then unfortunately u have my friend.
Dive safe and be gentle with the dry equalisations
Absolutely that's the best way to fully determine if it's ruptured or not but most likely your tubes are tight and that's the hissing you hear :)
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cc: sinus flush: yeah sea water will introduce millions of foreign organisms into your nose i know that. Should i watch out to not get any seawater into my nose while diving then? i feel like that would be hard :/
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I always go scuba diving this last 2 weeks with that feeling sinus, and after i go to the surface my nosebleeding to much, everyday. My doctor gave me antibiotic but until now my nose still bleeding.
You damaged your sinuses!When your nose bleeds that means that something popped in you sinuses and thats why its streaming blood,,when that happens dont dive until it heals it can take 1 week 2 weeks even less.That doctor doesnt know anything clearly what he should said is Just dont dive for sometime.