While exercising hearing breathing in my ears

xveer22

I've had it a couple of times now: at one point when I'm working out (lately that's only weight-lifiting) I hear a lot less than normal. Today I even heard my own breathing from inside (so not the breathing you hear as you should)
The noise around me gets a lot less at those times, it's like my ears don't work as they should.

Has anyone else this problem as well/does anybody know what causes this?

successgal1

Ear wax. Go buy a cleaning kit at the drug store.

NRBreit

My ears clog when I'm training hard and lifting heavy. It goes away within the hour after the workout.

Mokey41

You're probably clenching your jaw. Try it. Clench your teeth together really tightly and then breath. You'll hear it way more through your ears because the clenching action opens up the tubes in your ears.

MysticRealm

I sometimes get this, but it's the feeling of when your ears are gonna pop, generally caused by moving my ear buds around and causing a seal to form or something. I just move my ear buds around some more or just ignore it till my ear buds move a bit on their own.

amann1976

those are the zombies they are coming for you... you better run quicker or they will eat you

J_Miller2007

I have always had this occur occasionally with my ears. I went to the doctor about it a long time ago (in my early teens) and she didn't seem worried about it at all. It can be quite annoying but it never lasts too long, and it definitely occurs more when I exercise. If I breathe through my mouth during an episode of this strange event it seems to help.

eeweiss

It's called Patulous Eustachian Tubes. I get it too!
Here's a post about it: http://www.livelifeactive.com/2014/10/23/patulous-eustachian-tube/

deluxmary2000

eeweiss wrote: »

It's called Patulous Eustachian Tubes. I get it too!
Here's a post about it: http://www.livelifeactive.com/2014/10/23/patulous-eustachian-tube/

Cool - thanks for this! I popped into this thread because the same thing happens to me and I always wondered what it was.