Well, here goes....3 weeks before the meet and my ears go to hell!!!!! :frustrated: Today after a good morning swim I got very familiar pain in BOTH of my ears which is much worse now!!!!! GRRRRR!!!! Anyway, I probably will call my doc tomorrow for more ear drops, but the question is: should I wait 5-6 days for the pain to clear or should I try and swim with ear plugs (of course if I can put them in without falling down). Any ideas? Or should I just do land exercises?
Thanks again in advance for your patience with me and all you help! :notworthy:
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useing the alcohol drops to cure swimmings ear is a big misconception. Alcohol is good for getting water out that is stuck in the ear but once the ear is irretated you don't want to do that. You need a special kind of ear drops. I get this stuff called ciprodex, it works pretty well.
Last summer I had swimmers ear and an ear infection in both ears at the same time. I tryed useing ear plugs but they kept falling out, so I just swam with out them and my ears healed up fine. Swimmers ear when treated properly does not take that long to cure, so I would only take one day off and get back in the water.
useing the alcohol drops to cure swimmings ear is a big misconception. Alcohol is good for getting water out that is stuck in the ear but once the ear is irretated you don't want to do that. You need a special kind of ear drops. I get this stuff called ciprodex, it works pretty well.
Last summer I had swimmers ear and an ear infection in both ears at the same time. I tryed useing ear plugs but they kept falling out, so I just swam with out them and my ears healed up fine. Swimmers ear when treated properly does not take that long to cure, so I would only take one day off and get back in the water.
