[Dottore]

For some weeks now I have been suffering from acute pain in my left shoulder blade, that pulls into the left arm and up to the collar bone. It's so acute that it prevents me from falling asleep.

I've ruled out underlying bone issues with the doctors, all of who say its just severe muscle pain that needs to be treated with physiotherapy. I have tried three different physiotherapists, and found them all incredibly unconvincing.

Has anyone dealt with something like this before? There must be good pain meds to reduce the pain, and there should IMO also be meds to de-stress the muscles. What about heat treatments? Or acupuncture?

I'm quite lost with this at the moment. The Doctors send me to the physiotherapists—all of who have been esoteric and entirely unfocussed IMO.

Any advice would be appreciated.