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THE INJURIES WE TREAT

Dislocation

When the shoulder comes completely out of its socket this is called a dislocation. This injury can occur in nearly all sporting activities.

The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint that has a large range of movement but not a lot of stability, which makes the shoulder joint prone to dislocation. Shoulders can dislocate when a strong force, such as a traumatic injury or from a sudden wrenching movement as may occur during sport, abnormally stretches the ligaments and tendons, causing the ball-shaped end of the humerus to pop out of its socket.

A dislocated shoulder is characterised by severe shoulder pain and surgical treatment is usually required to restore normal shoulder anatomy. Shoulder stabilisation surgery can either be done by keyhole (arthroscopy) or open surgery to tighten and or repair overstretched and damaged ligaments.

Arthroscopic shoulder stabilisation in the young first time traumatic dislocator has been shown to reduce the re-dislocation rate from 85 to 10 percent in this group.