I went away for 3 weeks with the national guard in October. Slept on my kot as usual the first night and woke up with a stabbing painmy right lat. Figured I slept wrong so I tried stretching it out and that did not work. Here I am almost a month later and it is still there and the only thing that relieves the pain is around 800mg of ibuprofen. I try not to take it everyday cause I do not want the stomache issues that come from using it too much. Now on a side note, if I am exsessively busy at work I will not feel it at all and I know it is because I am not thinking about it. It is really becoming annoying now. Any help would be appreciated.