I almost made it through the season without injury, but I fell snowboarding over the weekend and dislocated my shoulder. Does this mean I need surgery? Shoulders are inherently unstable joints. Unlike ...

The shoulder joint is one of the most crucial joints in the body, which is formed by the articulation of a socket on the shoulder blade (glenoid) and the upper aspect of the arm bone (humerus). A ...

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 ...

An anterior shoulder dislocation occurs when the shoulder slides forward out of the socket. It is usually the result of a sports injury, fall, or traffic accident. This shoulder injury is the most ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated ...

Posterior shoulder dislocations are relatively uncommon, comprising only 2-4% of all shoulder dislocations. Thus, posterior dislocations often go undiagnosed, and can lead to severe consequences for ...

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.

A Hill-Sachs lesion, or Hill-Sachs impaction fracture, is an injury to the back portion of the rounded top of your upper arm bone (humerus). This injury occurs when you dislocate your shoulder. It’s ...

The shoulder is a complex structure present on the upper body that connects the arms to the torso. It consists of many components that work together to provide stability and a wide range of movement.

Alex Rins is expected to miss the opening round of the 2020 MotoGP World Championship season after suffering a huge accident in qualifying for the Spanish MotoGP in Jerez. The Spaniard fell in the ...

The Seattle Mariners will be without their starting right fielder for the next several months. Victor Robles suffered a dislocation and a fracture in his left shoulder making a catch in the ninth ...