You need to go see a GOOD Chiropractor. There are some chiropractors that treat patients the wrong way but if you see a good one that knows what they are doing then a Chiropractor would help you out a lot. Chiropractors are very good at treating back pain and have many effective treatments for many problems people have. It can be hard to find a good Chiro. depending on where you live. In your situation this is defiantly not a one time visit type of thing.

My mother in law has herniated discs as well. She has found much relief from her inversion table and she just started myofacial release. After 8 yrs of pain, she says that it is helping her greatly. She also has found relief with muscle balance therapy.

herniated discs are complicated and people who have found the most relief, usually take a multi treatment approach to their pain, or a combination approach.

The underlying cause of the herniated disc needs to be addressed. Why did your disc herniate in the first place?

Barring trauma, muscle imbalances in the body are the second leading cause of back pain. Chances are, you have never heard of muscle imbalances and worse you don’t even know that your own muscles are out of balance. But the reality is that everyone has muscle imbalances to some degree – regardless of age, sex, or level of fitness. No one is perfect. And even if you did manage to achieve perfection, you could not stay there for long.

In simple terms, a muscle imbalance occurs when you have overdeveloped and tight muscles in one area of your body while the opposing muscles are weak and stretched out of their normal position. These imbalances can happen anywhere on the body and often develop as the result of the routine things you do while on the job, playing sports, or engaging in other activities you enjoy.

As your muscles get more and more out of balance, you end up pulling your self out of proper alignment thus producing uneven more stress and causing additional wear and tear on muscles, ligaments, joints, and even the spine.

Almost all of us live our lives with chronic unrecognized muscular imbalances and while it does take time for muscle imbalances to cause a symptomatic condition the first signs of trouble are evident on our bodies in the form of “postural dysfunctions”. Postural dysfunction can be seen in the abnormal position on the pelvis, head, neck, shoulder and even in the curvature of the spine.

Once a postural dysfunction has developed, your body cannot go on for long this way before you will begin to experience problems. That is why you should never just cover up the pain or put off addressing your condition. In other words, if you are in your 40s, don’t wait until you’re 60′s to decide you have a problem.

Try this analogy: If you drive your car with the wheels out of alignment, the tread on your tires is going to wear unevenly. If you don’t get an alignment, eventually you’re going to have a blowout. The same principle holds true for your back and other areas of your body.

So now what do you do to address your muscle imbalances? You can perform a self assessment at losethebackpain.com, find out which muscle imbalances you have, then start on a treatment program of specific, targeted exercises and stretches which will get your body and muscles back into its proper alignment.

To view some great free videos on some stretches you can perform to help alleviate some of the pain, and to find out more about muscle imbalances you can go to: http://www.losethebackpain.com/treatments/musclebalancetherapy.html

Sound like you need some Theraflex Treatment – the Woman in the first video tried the physio route – it was no use at all then 3 goes of Theraflex and she runs Maratons :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jL8DjJmdtUk