Severe L4 L5 disc herniation symptoms and treatment UGH. It happened. For months, I ignored the warning signs. I kept training. I kept pushing. I told myself the morning stiffness was just “tight hips” or “overdoing it.” It wasn’t. This is my real-life update on severe L4 L5 disc herniation symptoms and treatment — what it felt like, what scared me, what helped, and where I am 45 days later. If you’re here because you’re in pain and Googling symptoms late at night, I see you.