A dislocated shoulder occurs when the top part of the upper arm bone partially or fully comes out of the socket. A dislocated shoulder is painful and results in temporary loss of mobility and function ...

Shoulder instability occurs when your shoulder joint (ball and socket) has lost is normal alignment (ball resting symmetrically in the socket), which causes your arm to lose its support. The most ...

People who live here in the mountains tend to play hard. Injuries are not uncommon, and it is not unusual for me to see young people in my office who have dislocated one or both of their shoulders.

2 Health and Rehabilitation Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand 3 Centre for Person Centred Research, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand ...

NEW ORLEANS — Patients with an anterior dislocation of the glenohumeral joint have had a 0% recurrence rate when immobilized in external rotation, according to the early results of a Japanese study.

An unexplained pain in your shoulder can mean many things, including dislocation. In some cases, identifying a dislocated shoulder is as easy as looking in the mirror. The affected area may be visibly ...

Shoulder instability is most common in the young, athletic population, bringing a focus to how these injuries are best treated. Research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports ...

While a young child is more at risk to break a bone in the upper arm, the adolescent is at risk to sustain a dislocated shoulder. Yet, not all dislocations are the same. Instability is the act of the ...

Although shoulder dislocation can occur at about the same rates in both younger and older patients, injuries in older patients are more likely to be overlooked or misdiagnosed, resulting in years of ...