no idea about movical in honesty, but i've just come out of hospital on Saturday after my hernia fix...my bowels hadn't moved from early Wed morn to late Mon morning, i kept taking my o/h's senakot, felt bloated, but i soon went Mon lunchtime, the anaesthetic can slow you down, as can the pain relief, keep going with the senakot, you'll start soon enough, don't worry too much