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Dislocated Shoulder

What is a dislocated shoulder?

Your shoulder joint is made up of three bones: your collarbone, your shoulder blade, and your upper arm bone. The top of your upper arm bone is shaped like a ball. This ball fits into a cuplike socket in your shoulder blade. A shoulder dislocation is an injury that happens when the ball pops out of your socket. A dislocation may be partial, where the ball is only partially out of the socket. It can also be a full dislocation, where the ball is completely out of the socket.

What causes a dislocated shoulder?

Your shoulders are the most movable joints in your body. They are also the most commonly dislocated joints.

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  1. Dislocated Shoulder (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is a dislocated shoulder? Your shoulder joint is made up of three bones: your collarbone, your shoulder blade, and your upper arm bone. ... completely out of the socket. What causes a dislocated shoulder? Your shoulders are the most movable joints in ...
  2. ... shoulder blade (the socket). When you have a dislocated shoulder, it means the entire ball is out of the socket. When you have a partly dislocated shoulder, it means only part of the ball is ...
  3. Dislocated Shoulder: Symptoms and Causes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Dislocated Shoulder/Symptoms ... Dislocated Shoulder ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  4. Dislocated Shoulder: Diagnosis and Treatment (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Dislocated Shoulder/Diagnosis and Tests ... Dislocated Shoulder ... Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  5. Dislocated Shoulder (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)  
    Dislocated Shoulder/Start Here ... In a shoulder dislocation, the head of the upper arm bone (humerus) may come either partially or completely out of the socket. ...
  6. ClinicalTrials.gov: Shoulder Dislocation From the National Institutes of Health (National Institutes of Health)  
    Dislocated Shoulder/Clinical Trials ... Dislocated Shoulder
  7. Chronic Shoulder Instability (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)  
    dislocated shoulder, shoulder dislocation, repeated shoulder dislocations, unstable shoulder, loose shoulder joint, shoulder slipping out of place, shoulder ...
  8. Shoulder Trauma (Fractures and Dislocations) (American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons)  
    Dislocated Shoulder/Specifics ... upper arm bone), or the scapula (shoulder blade). Shoulder dislocations can involve any of the three different joints ...
  9. ... not the same as a shoulder dislocation. A dislocated shoulder occurs when the arm bone comes out of ...
  10. Dislocation: First Aid (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)  
    Dislocations/Treatments and Therapies ... Dislocations ... Hand Injuries and Disorders/Treatments and Therapies ... Hand Injuries and Disorders ... Mayo Foundation for Medical ...
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