Surgical Tubing, Latex tubing?

Aug 28, 2008 · Warren P · 6 replies · 2782 views

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I'm trying to find some surgical tubing. It looks like this stuff http://www.scubadivingstore.co.uk/surgical-tubing-thick-p-374.html It has several uses apart from being used in hospitals. I need it to use as an exercise device to help sort out a dodgy shoulder (as recomended by physios everywhere). I also have some other aches and pains this would be useful for.
So anyway I've been looking in some of the ferreterias and also in the farmacias. I used the Google translator which told me it's called "tubo quir?rgico" but I've been getting the feeling from the responses I've been getting that people down here don't actually call it that.
I walk into a shop and ask for tubo quir?rgico. I am then asked what I want it for. Rather than try to explain what exactly I want it for (my Spanish is not good and I didn't have a lot of time) I ask them again if they have it or not. They then tell me no they don't have any and none can tell me where to get it (so why do they ask what I want it for because they are certainly not tring to be helpful?).
The last farmacia I went to today asked me why I wanted it. I had a feeling he didn't have any but I reluctantly repeated my question about wether or not he had any. He said yes. So I asked if I could see it. He said I needed to tell him what I wanted it for. I demonstrated roughly what thickness I needed. He then asked me again what I needed it for. I told him what it was for and then he said he didn't understand what I meant. I knew then that he didn't actually have any and he was just being nosey so I thought I would waste his time seeing as he had wasted mine so I explained what it was for again and what size I needed. He said that farmacias in Spain don't stock it. So I said but you told me earlier that you do have it. He then said he didn't understand what I meant. It all got a little heated after that. It's bad enough going around with a sore shoulder without people like that. Anyone would think I was in to trying to con drugs out of them or something.
So anyway, anyone know what they call it down here and where I might be able to get 10 metres of it?

Aug 28, 2008 · jurdyr

ok did you try ebay in the uk , what about one off the diving clubs ? are just get shipped from the uk
there thinks we cant allways get here ,

Aug 28, 2008 · Warren P

Hello mate,
Yeah I've tried two of the diving shops but they seem to mostly deal with taking people out diving and not so much of the selling equipment side of things. Both places told me that it's something that divers don't use but I insisted that it is because I know for a fact that they do. I've found a seller on ebay UK that sells it (he sells it for use as model airplane fuel pipe so it goes to show that it's not only used in hospitals). I also found some UK diving shops that sell it and I know there was one in my old hometown (yeah that's right divers don't use it). The thing is I was quite determined to buy it in Spain seeing how that's where I'm living. There must be somewhere here that sells it. I know of another shop on the island that sells diving and other sea sports equipment. If I can't get it there than I'll buy it from the UK.

Aug 28, 2008 · jurdyr

University maybe .

Aug 28, 2008 · rubi995

Ok, not the same thing, but I bought this circular, stretchy exercise tube with two grips from Decathlon. Its about 15 cm in diameter and I use it for leg and arm resistance repetitions. It only cost me 15? and came in a black, mesh bag with other similar items. I think this could work. Here's the link so you can take a look: http://www.decathlon.es/ES/kit-de-3-t-tubo-8209033/

Sep 3, 2008 · Warren P

Hey thanks Rubi. That would work but I picked up some bungee cord off a roll at one of the ferreterias late last week. It's doing the job well. Ive found a lot of other exercises can be done with it too.