Hi,
I suffered from two bulging disks as well. In 2003, I feel down a flight of stairs directly on my right glute. I suffered from terrible sciatica (as you know a peirpheral nerve that extends through butt and spreads to the end of the leg and is affected when a bugling disks presses on it). I was only 19, and told to not move as much as possible, and became depressed overweight and unhealthy.

I eventually convinced my doc to sign me up with a physical therapist and after a month, I started gaining strength again.

year later, i enrolled in my first ballet class ever, and to this day I still feel bouts of pain, (ecspecially whle sitting), but simply refer to my exercises and keep on dancing. i now have started ballroom, and I love it.

MY advice is, see a postural specialist ( a physical therapist) posture when aligned can take stress of the disks and help you a ton. Avoid sitting for more than 20 minutes at a time w/out stretching (I know it's annoying but I've gotten used to it, I always stand in class at work, at the computer I constantly stretch, and i only sit while driving!) you'll find that this benefits your health in the long run by forcing good posture if you pay attention to it!