The pain in your hip is because the disc are impinging on the nerve that goes to that area of your body. And yes, lots of people have them and do not even know as they experience no symptoms. Weird, huh? They found that out when they were in the process of testing MRI as a diagnostic tool. Be careful about having surgery, do all the reading you can do because often there is no change or little change in symptoms. There are those who have excellent results but many do not.