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Upper Thoracic Pain with Coughing Sensation and Slight Nausea

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What are some possible conditions that can cause the following symptoms?

 - Dull muscular pain between shoulder blades in the center of the back, in the T3-T7 region.

 - Pain is often triggered or made acute by rolling the thoracic spine foreword.

 - Area around T3-T7 is sensitive to light pressure. Pain appears to be immediately under the skin.

 - Pain is accompanied by a sensation of needing to cough, pressure in the sternum, and on occasion slight nausea.

 - Twisting the thoracic spine and shoulders left and right or side to side does not have an effect on the pain.

 - On rare occasions there is a tingling or burning sensation under the left shoulder blade.

Symptoms persist for more than 3 months, off and on.

To be clear, those are my symptoms, and I have head chest x-rays and am having an MRI done next week. The x-rays are unremarkable and 2 doctors I went to are stomped with no ideas or opinions on what it could be. I know that personal diagnosis is impossible, but I would appreciate at least a list of possible conditions to research and eliminate through further testing. Thank you!

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