A Patient's Guide to Shoulder Pain

A Patient's Guide to Shoulder Pain A Patient's Guide to Shoulder Pain

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Shoulder Instability • Shoulder joint is too loose and is able to slide around too much in the socket • Dislocation – Head of humerus slips completely out of the socket • Instability without dislocation – Causes pain and apprehension due to excessive motion

<strong>Shoulder</strong> Instability<br />

• <strong>Shoulder</strong> joint is <strong>to</strong>o loose<br />

and is able <strong>to</strong> slide around<br />

<strong>to</strong>o much in the socket<br />

• Dislocation<br />

– Head of humerus slips<br />

completely out of the socket<br />

• Instability without dislocation<br />

– Causes pain and<br />

apprehension due <strong>to</strong><br />

excessive motion

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