question: I feel like I have air bubbles trapped in my chest and throat. I think it is indigetion. What can i do to treat it? It is causing pain in my back, chest, and between my shoulder blades up the back of my neck and i feel miserable. it is not a constant pain but it comes and goes in waves. I have already taken prilosec otc. I was diagnosed with gerd about three years ago after an upper gi.