@susanjane77 If you got one of those large inflatable therapy balls to sit on you could rock yourself back and forth like the motion of a horse (or side to side) and doing that can help your core strength. Perhaps holding a stick horse in front may help with the illusion! Then you will be like I was when I was a kid pretending to ride a horse. I used to strap pillows and blankets on a school desk that was really solid and get on and bounce up and down. I would also canter myself around the back yard.

I have a air filled cushion to sit on that I can do the same things as sitting on a therapy ball.

Swimming and even walking against water resistance should be good too. I hope your discs will behave over the years. Many people have bulging discs that are asymptomatic.

Jennifer