Inexplicable pain in our arms or legs is often attributed to muscle fatigue or some sort of physical injury. And more often than not the pains of your limbs are due to some strenuous physical activity. But sometimes, they can also be a symptom of anxiety. Unfortunately, there is no difference between the arm pain you feel when you are anxious and the pain you feel when you overexert yourself playing tennis. The only difference is that the arm pain you feel when you are anxious may recur even at odd times, while an old sports injury will heal over time. But that is not a good way to diagnose an injury.
Anxiety causes panic attacks, which cause the blood to flow irregularly to the heart. This can cause chest pains and arm pains because the heart is having a hard time dealing with the irregular blood flow. Anxiety can also cause difficulty in breathing, which can be another cause for the chest and arm pain. All in all, anxiety messes with the system of the body more specifically the blood and nervous systems. This has many effects, some of which are chest and arm pains. But chest and arm pains are extremely serious and are mostly unrelated to anxiety. Most chest and arm pains have real physical causes and should be immediately checked out by a doctor.
If the chest and arm pains have no physical causes, then they are probably due to anxiety. The pain usually starts in the chest, and then it goes down to the arm and the arm becomes numb or tingly. Chest pains are usually worrisome, and most people get very stressed when they feel chest pain. This stress aggravates the anxiety, and that causes even more pain. It is a cycle that has no ending, unless the anxiety is cured.
Whether by medication, cognitive behavior therapy or other stress relief processes it’s all up to the individual.
