My son thomas who is 13 picked up swimmers ear at a swim camp in Barcelona in October 2006. Since then he has hardly been able to train. He went back to training this week after a fornight of anti-biotic ear drops, he swam Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday and on Sunday had to come out of the pool as his ears are sore. I have had ear plugs made for him but water is still getting into his ears. He is so desperate to keep on swimming but I don't know what else to do. His ears are so dry inside and I have been putting almond oil in them to them lubricated. Can anyone help us please.
Parents
Former Member
He can wear his ear plugs, a swim band then his race cap, all that should keep his ears dry. The lambs wool with vasaline may be better yet then the ear plugs unless they are custom fit. One trouble with ear plugs is if water gets in behind the plug, it gets stoppered up in the ear, A tight fitting cap can seal the ears also and if he feels any leakeage stop and drain off the water raising the cap edge, thats of course out of the question for racing. see this page on how to make a swim band. Scroll down the page to the more watertight cap ideas, and check out any tips with his ear doctor fopr their ok. After swimming dry the ears or use a commercial ear drop mix or homemade mix. The silicon caps work really wel as a swim band.
www.geocities.com/.../scg.html
He can wear his ear plugs, a swim band then his race cap, all that should keep his ears dry. The lambs wool with vasaline may be better yet then the ear plugs unless they are custom fit. One trouble with ear plugs is if water gets in behind the plug, it gets stoppered up in the ear, A tight fitting cap can seal the ears also and if he feels any leakeage stop and drain off the water raising the cap edge, thats of course out of the question for racing. see this page on how to make a swim band. Scroll down the page to the more watertight cap ideas, and check out any tips with his ear doctor fopr their ok. After swimming dry the ears or use a commercial ear drop mix or homemade mix. The silicon caps work really wel as a swim band.
www.geocities.com/.../scg.html
