MKJetta03,
Are you speaking of treatment options? Basically, it is either nonoperatively or operatively.
Nonoperative options are many and varied. They include medicines, therapy, chiropractic, massage, selective injections, modalities, and alternative therapies.
The annular tears may scar back together, but they can never "heal". The annulus fibrosis is the cartilage ring of the disc complex. It is similar to the meniscus cartilage in the knee. It does not have a very good blood supply, thus it does not really have a capacity to heal itself. So, the tears will always be there.
If the herniations put pressure on the nerve roots, that is what causes the leg pain. Removing the herniated part of the disc, opening the neural foramina (holes through which the nerve roots exit the spine), taking pressure off the nerve roots, helps the leg pain, but usually doesn't do much for the back pain. Sometimes it does, but it is not as reliable.
As to surgery, it would probably be more aimed at reducing your leg pain, rather than back pain. If your leg pain is worse than your back pain, then surgery, to open up the canal and neural foramina (to make more room for the nerve roots) would probably be of benefit. However, if the back pain is worse than the leg pain, then surgery would probably not be recommended.
These are things that you really need to discuss with your physician. He/she knows your past medical history, examination, studies, response to treatment, etc.
Good luck.