Chest Pressure during Cardio

Wookinpanub

The last two workouts on the Arc trainer I have had a very slight pressure in my upper chest area. I don't feel it until 10 minutes into the workout. Pressure may sound too sever it actually feels like I need to swallow or cough to clear my wind pipe/throat. I seem to struggle a little more too. I finished both workouts and actually went further and burned more calories yesterday but was much less today.

Is this something I should be worried about or I am being paranoid. I think real chest pressure from heart problems is more pronounced.

trogalicious

go see a doctor.

Hophead43

Have to agree with Trog!! I went to my Dr. and he sent me for a Stress Test, thank God he did! I had a heart attack in the middle of the test and ended up having a double bypass. Just be careful, see a Dr. and take it from there.

doughnutsndeadlifts

Call your doctor and let them know what's going on. It could be something as simple as acid reflux or it could be more serious. Better safe than sorry!

loribethrice

The last two workouts on the Arc trainer I have had a very slight pressure in my upper chest area. I don't feel it until 10 minutes into the workout. Pressure may sound too sever it actually feels like I need to swallow or cough to clear my wind pipe/throat. I seem to struggle a little more too. I finished both workouts and actually went further and burned more calories yesterday but was much less today.

Is this something I should be worried about or I am being paranoid. I think real chest pressure from heart problems is more pronounced.

Definitely go see a doctor. Do you have a history of asthma? Or a family history of heart disease? I have had 2 stress tests (one at 25 and one at 27) and they aren't bad at all.

Wookinpanub

No asthma or heart disease. Both sides of families (parents, grandparents) have lived long lives.

bugaboo_sue

No asthma or heart disease. Both sides of families (parents, grandparents) have lived long lives.

Doesn't matter. There are women who have no history of breast cancer in their families and they end up getting it any way.

Go see a doctor.

MsBetteDavis

I'd definitely go see a doctor just to be certain.

However, I will describe two different sensations that I have experienced while doing cardio.

1. I have asthma. When I get asthma chest pain, it sort of feels like it starts in the middle of my chest and it's dispersing through my left lung. It's more of a sharp pain that will then cease when I'm finished my exercising (although I don't actually experience this sensation often. It's normally in the dead of winter when it's very dry outside). The only reason that I know it's an asthmatic pain is because I've had asthma since I was in elementary so I can tell the difference between that and something else. Something that helps with this for me is breathing through my nose. When you breathe through your nostrils it warms and cleans the air, making it easier on your lungs.

2. I've also struggled with anxiety. It hasn't happened to me in a long time, but I'll end up getting what feels like a tightness in my heart area/upper chest. It then immediately freaks me out because whenever you have a pain around your heart it can be frightening, and then because I'm freaking out, my heart tends to then skip a beat, and I feel sweaty (because I'm then experiencing the beginning of an anxiety attack). However, because I've been to a doctor and because I've seen a psychologist, I know that that pain I've experienced is just anxiety and nothing to be overly concerned about.

Does your pain feel like either of what I've described?