If there is pain in the chest when lifting the chest, it is mainly due to the injury of chest wall muscles, and it may also be caused by intercostal neuralgia, costochondritis and other diseases, and it may also be caused by shingles. The symptoms may also be caused by inflammation of the trachea and lungs, bronchiectasis, and chronic obstructive pulmonary emphysema. If you are a smoker, often exposed to harmful gases, and feel discomfort in your lungs, you need to go to the hospital first for an examination, usually a chest X-ray or CT lung examination, and if necessary, a bronchoscopy to rule out lung cancer as the cause.