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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.
Other Causes. A burning sensation in the chest can be caused by a traumatic injury that damages the soft tissues or chest muscles, a rib fracture or damage to the nerves and tendons in the chest. Some also experience a burning sensation in the chest just before a shingles outbreak.