The most common reason that the middle of your chest hurts is from excess gas, costochondritis or gastritis.
Chest pain in the middle of your chest is usually nothing to worry about and goes away on it's own and sometimes can be caused by stress as well.
If the middle of your chest continues to hurt and gets worse you should seek medical attention.
Physical trauma, costochondritis, and muscle strains are common causes of sternum pain.
Conditions such as pneumonia, pleurisy, and GERD can also cause pain in nearby tissue that people may mistake for sternum pain.
You want to call 911 if you are having sudden, crushing chest pain or if your chest pain radiates into the jaw or the left arm.
You want to call 911 if your chest pain also causes shortness of breath, or dizziness, nausea, or vomiting.
Common causes of heart related chest pain and chest pain include.
Angina. This is chest pain caused by poor blood flow to the heart.
Heart attack. A heart attack results from blocked blood flow to the heart muscle, often from a blood clot.
Aortic dissection.
Inflammation of the sac around the heart, called pericarditis.
Sometimes chest pain is just chest pain.
Sometimes it's only a muscle strain, heartburn or bronchitis.
More often than not there are benign reasons, but you should be evaluated by a doctor if you're worried.
Chest pain can signal a serious condition, heart-related or otherwise.
GERD can cause chest pain that mimics a heart attack.
Described as a squeezing pressure behind the breast bone, GERD related chest pain can last for hours.
And like a heart attack, it can also radiate down your arm to your back.