Originally Posted by dah917
If it is just regular sinus pain from change in pressure you can always try equalizing your ear drums by holding you nostrils closed with your fingers and blowing out your nose (very gently) for a second or two. you should feel your ear-drums "pop". this is what scuba divers do when descending under water, as the pressure outside the ear drum rises. changes in pressure is a plane will be much less dramatic.
Just be sure if you're doing this to remember the "very gently" part. Too bad "search" isn't working as there was a pretty good thread on this in Travelbuzz not too long ago. I flipped through the first 5 pages but didn't find it. But once search is back up check into it for future reference
Also, this thread from the women's forum might help re flying with colds & ear pain, etc
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...8&page=1&pp=15