Why does my head hurt when i go to the bottom of a swimming pool?

Question

i went swimming yesterday at my friends house, and my friend told me to try laying down on the bottom, but when i tried going to the bottom my head started hurting like it was being crushed.. it hurt really really bad. lol. i told my friend about it and he said that his head doesnt hurt when he goes to the bottom of the swimming pool. why does my head hurt but not his? is there a way i can stop it?

Answer 1

cuz you touch your self at night

Answer 2

Try pinching your nose holding your breath and exhaling this should equalizes the pressure that is on your ear drum.

Answer 3

it is most probably due to the water pressure exerting on you when at the bottom of the pool.

try to equalise yourself to the pressure underwater by pinching the nose and try blowing thru the nose. you should be able to hear a "pop" from the ears and the pain should be gone.

Answer 4

it's called water pressure

if you can go lower, you will actually shrink, just like a submarine would if it goes deep waters, and yes it IS crushing you, but a swimming pool would not crush you to death.

and resurfacing quickly will cause your ears to pop because of the change of water pressure suddenly

your friend is probably exhaling while submerging, but other than that, he is probably used to it. it hurts everyone...or most people anyway

try exhaling slowly through your nose when submerging, it will lessen the pain, and when resurfacing, try not to go up too fast ;)

Answer 5

yea its the pressure on your scull, over time you will get used to it  

Answer 6

Because the deeper you go the pressure  builds... and really the only way to stop it is well there really is no way to stop it... eventually your body will get used to it.    

Answer 7

You are experiencing what is known in the scuba and skin diving world as a squeeze.  This could be ear squeeze or sinus squeeze.  When we go to depth the weight of the water pushes on the air spaces in our bodies.  These air spaces get smaller the deeper we go because air molecules are pushed closer together (compressed).  Air spaces include the space behind the eardrum, stomach, intestines lungs and sinus cavities.  A squeeze is when the pressure outside of an air space is greater than the pressure inside of that air space.  Sinus squeeze usually occurs when congestion is present due to a cold or allergies.  The pain is a sharp and is similar to a headache (pain is felt is the facial areas above, behind or below the eyes which are the areas in which our sinuses are located).

Ear Squeeze is when the water pressure starts pushing in on our ear drums.  The pain is felt usually in the area of the neck behind the earlobes.  Scuba divers and skin divers overcome this type of squeeze by holding their nose and gently blowing through it.  This gets air to go through the eustacian tubes that lead to the area in the ear being squeezed.  This is called the Valsalva maneuver. The addition of the extra air straightens the eardrum back to its proper position by making the internal air space pressure equal to the external pressure being exerted on it.  The second way to equalize the pressure on the inner ear is by wiggling your jaw back and forth and swallowing. This is called the Frenzel manuever and is sort of like chewing gum in airplanes to relieve pressure on take offs and landings.

Scuba divers are taught to equalize their ears before pain in felt and have to do it every few fet they go down as the deeper they go the more water pressure is exerted.

As long as the air spaces are equalized depth is not a factor.  The other parts of your body will not be "crushed" because the body is mostly made up of liquid which is not compressed.

Answer 8

so your head gets hurts when you go to down to the bottom of the pool. it can the pressure of  the way you down to the bottom to fast.

Answer 9

It's just the increased pressure, there really is nothing you can do to stop it, plugging your ears might help but my advice is just to not swim so deep  

Answer 10

It is becuase of the pressure under the water going through your ears into your head. Your head might have hurt becuase you dont go deep that much (if thats true). If you expose yourself slowley to the bottom, it might not hurt. Go down until your head feels slightly hurting, then come back up and take a breather and let your head relaxe. Do that same depth until your head doesnt feel much pain.

Answer 11

Water pressure.

If you keep exposing yourself to it, little by little, you'll eventually get used to the pressure at the bottom of your friend's pool, just like him/her.

Answer 12

The deeper you go underwater the more pressure is forced on your body's air spaces; as water is much denser than air. Everyone gets some sort of feeling at some depth underwater, you might just be a little more sensitive.

1///IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

2///The more you do it, the more comfortabe it will feel.

I'm guessing the pool is no deeper than 3m; so try, try and try again.

Good Luck!!!    

Answer 13

Pressure of the water and lack of oxygen would be my best guesses.

Answer 14

water pressure. a way to stop it (may or may not work) is to, when you head begins to hurt underwater, plug your nose and mouth and try breathing out through your nose. if done correctly (takes some practice,) it should release the pressure build up through your ears.

Answer 15

your head hurts because your going too deep in the water and the pressure is too much. but it's no problem, all you have to do is swim more and your body will get used to it <3

Answer 16

it could be your ears arn't equalizing to the pressure as you go down which could potentially rupture your eardrums

try pinching your nose and blowing lightly against your nose. you should feel a slight pressure on the inside of your ears. don't do it too hard though

Answer 17

its called water pressure same thing happens to me but befor you fell it happen plug your nose and blow out but dont let any air out that will put pressure going the other way and it will even it self out

Answer 18

plug your ears. The water pushes on your inner ear and the pressure makes your head hurt.... If that doesn't help stop banging your head on the bottom of the pool :-)

Answer 19

2 words

Water

Pressure

Answer 20

maybe its ur body