Hello mate I had three hernias and two were inguinal ones, had them operated on last August, so the pain for me wasn't to bad , one out of three of them hurt a bit but was getting worse and they were all slowly getting bigger, I didn't need to use any support straps, after the operation was done I went back to work about three and half weeks slowly and used a hernia belt bought on Amazon for about a month, the one that has velcro, was a pain to use but worth it in my opinion