Anxiety caused muscle spasms in chest ?

This happens to me all the time, its especially scary when it goes into the back because then I think its my heart. I wore a heart monitor and they said everything was ok. I also have anxiety which makes it worse, but my problem is my muscles. As weird as it sounds the chiropractor has helped me a lot. Because I hold tension in my neck and shoulders it pulls on my chest causing the pain. Your neck muscles have a lot of influence on your chest.. If you tried everything else maybe try a chiropractor. Hope you feel better!

Hi

I have had a pain that comes and goes in my upper back usually left side, however sometimes moves to the right or centre...this pain is like a muscle strain ache and it generally comes on in the evening, I suffer anxiety and this week received some bad news regarding a family member the back pain has come on strongly and the same in the centre if my chest...last night the pain woke me up and I had to have a diazepam due to the panic attack and self convinced fear of a heart attack. Does this sound similar to anyone 're the back and chest ache?

Thank you

I wanted to reply to this as i have been through a really hard time and i wanted to help others. I had severe anxiety and panic attacks about 2 and half years ago. I ended up with these distressing feelings that felt like my body kept going into panic and seizing up and not being able to breathe. It wouldn't got away but it was a different feeling to the original anxiety. After about 2 Years of no sleep and always feeling on edge and the same feeling alday every day was like living in a prison of hell and suffering. I saw many doctors. I had heart tests and blood tests, ct scans, and ultra sound scans. They couldn't tell me what was wrong even when i described my symptoms as feeling like a muscle is tencing up over my air way. I even tried hypnotherapy. I lost all hope and my confidence. After a couple of years It did settle a tiny bit with time and at this stage into healing i was then able to determine it was a muscle spasm in my chest area that kept contracting over and over. I am now going to see a neurologist who I'm hoping maybe able to stop the spasm. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me for help. I had to do this alone and i was very scared. I wouldn't want anyone else to go through this. x

If anyone has had any luck on successfully treating a muscle spasms in the chest area please let me know

thanks x