crap pilot, I was just about to write a posting on this very subject myself as I'm having the same problem, so thanks for saving me the time.
Following on from crap pilot's condition, I am just about to come to the end of a week's course of antibiotics to clear up a sore throat/blocked ears problem after a cold and thankfully the sore throat has gone but one ear is still muffled and my question relating to my problem is:
With this trapped air in the middle ear, won't it help to get airbourne so as to coax the air out of the ear? HP to LP? No amount of holding the nose and blowing is helping me.
Fortunately for me, I'm on groundschool for the next 4 weeks so I have got time to repair but I've got some jumpseats coming up and I'm getting slightly anxious that my ears haven't popped yet.
Can it really take 4-6 weeks for your ears to heal properly?
When I visited my non-AME quack last week he told me that there was evidence of bloodshot on the ear drums plus some bending in of the ear drums caused by the pressure diff.
I'm also interested to hear if anybody cured their problem by going back up to see if the trapped air could be coaxed out.
Cheers
MB