Lets see: I have sculiosis, sciatica, 1 herniated disc and a few other small back problems. None of them bother me anymore simply because I did one thing: Visited a chiropractor.
Most people say having a herniated disc = auto need surgery, well I can deadlift just fine I can run just fine I can do almost anything just fine and have a very bad disc in my upper back. Chiropractors can help get alot of blood flow etc to the tissue around the disc and releive the pain, originally, I had to go to the chiropractor every 3 days to get my disc fixed this lasted for about a month, now I havn't been there in 6 months.
Disc surgery is terrible as I understand and I woulda hated to have it, and I don't have to because my disc is under complete control. I can do deadlifts (the most streneous thing you can ever put your back under even if its not really dangerous unless done wrong) easily and my disc only bothers me if the form gets off.
So before you go off and get surgery, try going to a chiropractor, they work with bad backs all day and they helped mine and it will be a hell of alot cheaper then all the surgerys you'de need to fix those problems
Quick question: Where is your herniated disc? As I understand its tough for chiropractors to treat lower back disc injurys but upper back they can handle. If you've already visited a chiropractor not really sure what you can do though ;/