Thank you for that advice. I have been using a cane and it helps. Walking also relieves most of the pain
Especially when you are in the middle of the room and the muscle grabs and you have nothing there to hold onto. Anything athree foot away may as well be a mile away. Moving isn't an option until it releases. But a cane helps you realign yourself to move and to easy the muscle spasm.
I take 800mg {prescription strength} of Ibuprofen three times a day when it's acting up and one a day at bedtime when it's not. I wouldn't take 800mg and any other OTC pain meds together though. I can't handle the stronger stuff with Opiates.
I had to walk with a cane for 5/6 years. Went to see a Chinese traditional herb doc. I have no idea where my cane is! 15 years of relief! Chinese herbal medicine has been used for almost 3 thousand years. It works!