To make your ears pop, try swallowing, yawning, sucking on hard candy, or chewing gum. If that doesn’t work, try the Valsalva maneuver by pinching your nose, closing your mouth, and gently blowing out ...

Rapid ascent and descents on airplanes cause our ears to "pop." But, why do our ears do that in the first place? And why does the lack of that relieving "pop" cause the most annoying pain in our ...