causes of chest and rib pain
They are: 1  Tension Muscle tension in your chest and stomach has a tendency to lead to rib pain. 2  Chest Pain Breathing issues that occur during anxiety can also cause chest pain, and the chest pain often feels like it's coming from closer to your ribs.
Rib pain can be caused by a variety of mild to serious disorders, diseases or conditions that can result from infection, myocardial infarction (heart attack), inflammation, trauma, malignancy, and other abnormal processes. Rib pain is often due to injury such as strained or broken ribs or pulled muscles and tendons.
Costochondritis is a painful condition of the chest wall. It causes chest pain. Fortunately, it is not a serious condition. To understand costochondritis, you need to know a bit about the anatomy of the rib cage. The rib cage is a bony structure that protects the lungs.