why does my chest feel heavy
Acute causes of heavy chest feeling are. 1  Gastritis or esophagitis: Chest pain involving the lower chest and upper abdomen, and increases on swallowing or after eating food. 2  Myocardial infarction or heart attack: sudden excruciating chest pain with squeezing and heavy feeling in the chest. Pain may radiate to shoulder and jaw. Sweating or breathing difficulty can accompany with it. Fracture of ribs: there is history of trauma in individuals who have heavy chest feeling and pain in the chest.