I had something similar to this but with pretty heavy pain and I had been sick for the previous 2 days(lots of mucus everywhere,,,disgusting)i found a website that suggested...
To help relieve pressure and encourage natural drainage, you can try a simple massage technique. Gently press right under each ear. Now continue pressing, moving downward and forward along and just under the edge of the jawbone. You have just massaged the eustachian tubes. Eustachian tubes are internal passages connecting each inner ear to its own opening inside the upper throat. Repeatedly massaging like this aids in relaxing, dilating and clearing this tube.
I found it tonight the first night I found this site and while I was reading some posts and doing the massaging I felt a releif of pressure. So I stuck my finger in my ear and low and behold liquid!!! Well I kept doing the massages for a little while and it cleared up.
good luck
n00dle