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What is the physiology behind stress and anxiety/stress causing daily jaw and arm pain along with chest pain? why does this happen?
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Tension: Holding your muscles tense, tight, and breathing irregularly or shallowly all add up to these symptoms. The body and the muscles grow fatigued. Anxious patients often have to learn breathing techniques to relieve their tight chest and neck and facial muscles.
Answered 7/24/2014
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