My two cents.
1) Appropriate strengthening in pain free ranges
2) Light stretching, not aggressive, your neck needs mobility but stability is certainly more important. See Charlie Weingroff for more on this.
3) Try a home traction unit, over the door type. They work very well for decreasing local and radicular symptoms.
4) Myofascial massage is often effective to relive acute symptoms and cervicogenic headaches if present.
Edit: Find a good PT, avoid manipulations at the level of the disc bulge, especially in the first six weeks. Mobilization of the facet and uncovertebral joints are as effective with far less risk of further disruption of annular fibres that need time to scar down.
1) Appropriate strengthening in pain free ranges
2) Light stretching, not aggressive, your neck needs mobility but stability is certainly more important. See Charlie Weingroff for more on this.
3) Try a home traction unit, over the door type. They work very well for decreasing local and radicular symptoms.
4) Myofascial massage is often effective to relive acute symptoms and cervicogenic headaches if present.
Edit: Find a good PT, avoid manipulations at the level of the disc bulge, especially in the first six weeks. Mobilization of the facet and uncovertebral joints are as effective with far less risk of further disruption of annular fibres that need time to scar down.