Here are hernias are not worry me.

As I having at four hernias of vertebra disks,as two in waist and two in neck,and strong aches with, as on an all positions and hard turned head, inclined and for five years tried any methods and  they are not helped me, as decided to strengthen for muscles spine, they are supporting a spine.
As exercises are pushing up, inclines, and  stretching are strengthening for spine, and if loading needing raising thus adding hard items of dumping bells and balls, as pool, dances are not useful, but i m studies method by Bubnovski method, as used rubber strips, hanging as asanas, rolled of spine, stretching out for spine, but they are giving for muscles elasting, and raising a size for disks, as exercises are horrors,when you are not doing these.As for joints needing minerals, amino acids, sera, calcium, silicone, as drinking water, changed meal, as using vitamin mineral complexes and 2.5 l. of clean water drinking/day as for cartilages am cooking jellied meat of beef s cartilages ,but they are having in chondroitine, glucosamine and collagen.
And a few patients using acupuncture, snow compress, breath gymnastic, massage, rubbing are helping , but for me helping as pour over a cold water for body,thanks again for Dr.Bubnovskin, and from herbs you are selecting and finding one herb, as am using a chestnut as 150 gr of fruits and 75 gr of flowers as in one l. vodka adding, infuse for ten days, filtering, use on 30 drops for three times/day before meal in water big quantity, as for month, after resting for ten days, and keeping curring, as this herb dilutes blood, raising periphery blood current, that improving joints feeding, as today am forgot about my problem, as sometimes spine reacts after a long poor mobility,and on weather changing..