tight chest muscles symptoms
Chest Tightness and Anxiety. Another important cause of chest tightness is anxiety and panic attacks. Chest pain or chest tightness is one of the common symptoms of these conditions. Chest tightness in anxiety and panic attacks can be associated with any of the numerous other symptoms that can occur. Occasionally, symptoms of panic attacks can mimic heart attack.
This chest tightness may precede, accompany, or follow an escalation of other anxiety sensations and symptoms, or occur by itself. This chest tightness can precede, accompany, or follow an episode of nervousness, anxiety, fear, and elevated stress, or occur âout of the blueâ and for no apparent reason.