I Have A Herniated Lumbar Disc?

When you were having back pain you had an MRI indicating that you have a Herniated Lumbar Disc. The Pain has resolved but you are concerned about having a herniated disc. Do you need to have surgery to fix a broken disc even if there is minimal pain? What should you do? Dean E Smith MD discusses this situation and gives examples of what type discs should have surgery. As always his explanation is in easy to understand terminology.