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Drink a lot of water.

neti pot with sea salt! I have chronic sinusitis and get debilitating infections. This really helps.

Another vote for the neti pot!

Warm showers definitely help, but also try putting a warm compress on the area where you feel pressure, and saline nose drops a couple of times a day.

And if all else fails, this one might sound crazy but it cured me when nothing else worked... get some sushi (the cooked kind), put all the wasabi you can handle on them, and eat the whole roll. That loosens congestion like nothing else! My sinuses got stuffed up so bad recently that I couldn't breathe out of one nostril or hear out of one ear. I couldn't go to my doctor because it was a holiday weekend, but three days of trying all of these things finally helped.

@2PeasinaPod: If you're scared of it, I would buy the little packets that are premade to rinse. They have the right ingredients to make it so that it wouldn't sting like plain salt water can.

And I prefer the squeeze bottle to the pot you have to tilt. I have this (and it came with packets to add to the water). I just use warm tap water to mix. I got it at Target in the pharmacy.

http://www.amazon.com/NeilMed-Sinus-Rinse-Complete-Kit/dp/B000RDZFZ0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434389339&sr=8-1&keywords=neilmed+sinurinse

just to warn you, if you're really congested, the water might come out of your mouth instead of the other nostril. But sometimes I find that's helpful if my throat hurts. But it can be rather gross and surprising.

@2PeasinaPod: I was afraid of the neti pot as well and only gave in to trying it when I was pregnant and couldn't take anything stronger than Tylenol. It really isn't that bad and it does work! I hope you get some relief, sinus pressure and headaches are the worst!