My ears hurt after running

Ear pain after running

If your ears hurt after running and you are prone to tinnitus, you should pay attention to this, as it may be related to the wrong running method. If you are not careful, it may even lead to some ear diseases. For example, if you exercise too much and suffer from severe hypoxia while running, which may cause shortness of breath, it may cause ear pain. Certain methods can be used to alleviate this situation. Let’s take a look at this aspect.

Ear pain after running

Ear pain while running may be caused by some unhealthy exercise habits during exercise, or the runner may have an ear disease.

1. People who do not exercise regularly may suddenly be unable to run because their body organs cannot adapt for a while and may experience ear pain.

2. Too much exercise. Some people like to challenge their limits when running, but they don’t know that excessive exercise will exceed the body’s original load and may compress the nerves behind the ear, causing ear pain.

3. Caused by lack of oxygen. Some people will experience shortness of breath while running and feel like they can’t breathe. That’s due to lack of oxygen.

4. It is caused by wind entering the ears. When a person runs at a fast speed, it is possible that wind blows into the ears.

5. For some people who suffer from otitis media, pharyngitis and other diseases, running may also cause ear pain.

What to do if your ears hurt while running

1. Rub your palms together to generate heat, then press them on your ears, with your palms facing the ear canals. Place your four fingers behind the pillow and press hard slowly. Then release your hands slowly (be careful to relax gently to avoid pain in the inner ear) three times. This counts as one time, for a total of 5 times. This technique also gives the middle ear a certain amount of benign stimulation by changing the pressure in the ear canal, and has a good therapeutic effect on low-pitched tinnitus.

2. Use the thumb and index finger to rub the earlobes and earlobes at the same time, from top to bottom, for a total of 3 minutes, until the ears become warm. There are many acupoints and nerve reflex points on the helix and earlobe. Gently twisting and kneading these acupoints and reflex points can provide benign stimulation, which helps improve the environment inside the ear, promotes the elimination of middle ear inflammation and assists in maintaining the function of the inner ear nerves.

3. Place your index finger in front and your thumb in the back on the front and back base of the ears, and rub for 3 minutes until the base of the ears becomes warm. This technique can effectively improve blood circulation in the ear, especially it can play a good therapeutic role in high-pitched tinnitus caused by inner ear ischemia.