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armpit, neck, shoulder pain?

Hi, for the past 2 months I've been having very bad pains in my upper body.  It started with sharp pains in my left hand, then up to the forearm/elbow, then in my upper arm (deltoid area),  Recently, the pain has spread to my armpit and the top of my chest and shoulders.  (It's basically a very painful tightness everywhere).  Now the pain has mirrored itself on the right side of my body, hurting in the same ways in the same spots as on the left side.  I'm also having a lot of tenderness on my middle and upper back, especially around the shoulder blades.
Nothing seems to be swollen, I haven't had any fever or illnesses in the past couple months.  My orthopedics doctor couldn't figure it out, has anyone had any similar experiences?
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I have found that a lot of my pain and numbness in my arm, shoulder and rib cage were helped by a therapeutic massage therapist.  I found a great one who had worked previously in chiropractic office too.  So it's the best of both worlds.  It can't hurt (well, actually it can!  My last massage really got to the nub of the pain).  So it's worth a try.  It really helped me.  
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wow. I think I have something similar!
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