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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When an athlete dislocates a shoulder, the jury is still out on the best mode of treatment, the authors of a new research review conclude. Shoulder dislocation occurs when ...

Physical therapy and medications are often the first treatment for shoulder injuries. However, shoulder surgery is also an option to repair joints, rotator cuffs, or dislocations, to name a few. The ...

Shoulder instability occurs when the arm’s ball joint moves in and out of the shoulder socket joint. Chronically unstable shoulders can lead to loose shoulder joints that slip out of place repeatedly.

Shoulder dislocations are a fairly common injury in younger patients with shoulder injuries. Anterior dislocations are more common than posterior dislocations; the mechanism is typically forces that ...

A 43-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for HIV complicated by cryptococcal meningitis and seizures presented to the ED after suffering a seizure and syncope. The following day she ...