Chest And Back Pain Center. Sometimes muscular problems may cause pain in the chest and upper back. Several muscles in the chest and upper back are used together while performing activities related to the upper body such as rowing throwing a ball lifting weights painting walls or washing windows.
The experience of both the chest pain and back pain together is very irritating and it is caused mainly due to heart problems. Sometimes muscular problems may cause pain in the chest and upper back. This may be associated with sweating and breathlessness.
It is made worse with movement deep breathing or exertion.
Two examples of this are lung cancer and breast cancer. While a number of digestive system conditions can cause chest pain a common cause is heartburn or acid reflux. This can cause severe tightness and crushing pain in chest or center of chest area which may radiate to arms jaw neck or back. The pain may be sharp and can worsen on breathing or lying down.