What is it?

In a dislocation of the shoulder, the upper arm bone is detached from the shoulder joint. The shoulder joint is a ball and socket joint, which allows the arm to rotate in a circular motion and to hinge out and up away from the body. The big range of motion makes the joint susceptible to dislocation. Most of the dislocations are anterior dislocations. Dislocation of the joint may happen as a part of sport injuries, trauma or falls. Risk factors for shoulder dislocation are malen in their 20s, as well as people who already suffered a shoulder dislocation. Complications may include tears in the ligmatens, tendons and muscles that surround the shoulder joint, nerve or blood vessel damage and shoulder instability.