The ball and socket construct of the shoulder joint allows for its impressive mobility. However, this wide range of motion, leaves the shoulder susceptible to dislocation events where the ball and socket lose contact with one another.
Shoulder Instability
Typically associated with athletic injuries, a shoulder dislocation, can result in damage to the surrounding soft tissue structures of the joint and even bone, leading to feelings of instability afterwards.
Seeking care after a shoulder dislocation is important to assess the severity of injury and help devise a treatment plan to help prevent further dislocations and protect the longevity of this joint.
Treatment of shoulder instability varies based on severity of the injury ranging from minimally invasive techniques to repair the soft tissue bumper surrounding the socket to those requiring bone graft to restore the socket's normal shape.
Newer, knotless implants available for treatment of soft tissue injury after shoulder dislocation not only decrease time in the operating room, they make previous possible complications a thing of the past.
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