Those painful muscle cramps that awaken you at night will often be alleviated by magnesium (Mg).
If you aren’t getting an absorbable form of magnesium----Mg citrate or Mg glycinate are good--- in your supplement regimen, and there are no contraindications, consider trying it.
The target dose is 400 mg / day, and it’s best to start with 100 mg / day, gradually increasing to the target level. Slowly building to the target dose will help avoid diarrhea.
Persistent pain in the low back may be due to a tilted sacrum. When this happens, it puts stress on the ligaments of the sacroiliac joints, which are broad, weight-bearing joints in the pelvis on either side of the triangular-shaped sacrum.
The resulting stress on these ligaments causes pain.
When attending to this problem, careful balancing of the pelvic region is critical, and the sacrum must not be overlooked.
Precise, directional adjustments with the Activator instrument solve the problem and relieve the pain.