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The painful, burning sensation is caused by rising stomach acid. It moves from your stomach, where the lining is resistant to its corrosive effects, up into your esophagus, the lining of which is not similarly protected. It can climb all the way from the bottom of the esophagus all the way up into the throat.
1 It can also feel like you have muscle twitches and spasm in the chest. 2  It can also feel like you have a burning, numbness, stabbing pain, an uneasiness, fullness, or pressure in the chest area. 3  Some describe it as having a chest tension, odd pressure, or sharp pains in the chest and abdomen areas.