<<Bad idea using earplugs and headphones, I've afriend with the same
problem - he got told:-... You will get a lot more low frequency and
higher dB's hitting your heardrum as the sound will be conducted
through the earplug and you will need to have it up louder than
normal.. You will also inflame your ear canal with the plugs in all
the time and the pressure of the headphone against your ear. Recipe
for a Barotrauma.

Inflammation of the outer ear will cause pressure on your eardrum and
make your tinitus worse.>>

Thanks for the advice.. how do musicians work everyday with earplugs in their
ears though?  

EARPAIN

1. My personal method is to clasp my hands behind my back, pull my
shoulders down, while stretching the top of the head (not the chin) to
the ceiling. Hold for 10 seconds. Repeat 5 times.
Try and train yourself to sleep flat on your back - sleeping on your
side keeps the neck muscle in a cramped position.

2. Try the appropriate neck exercises for you at:
http://www.nismat.org/orthocor/programs/neck/neckex.html
There are quite a lot there, probably too many. Just pick the ones
where you can feel the particular muscle being stretched.
Hold each one for at least 30 seconds, do them several times a day,
keep up for several weeks.

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