What causes the shoulder to dislocate?
Shoulders can dislocate when a strong force, such as a traumatic injury, abnormally stretches the ligaments and tendons, causing the ball-shaped end of the humerus to pop out of its socket. A minority of people have shoulders that can sublux or even dislocate spontaneously. However, almost 95% of shoulder dislocations result from either a forceful collision or from a sudden wrenching movement as may occur during sport, from falling onto an outstretched arm, and from motor vehicle collision. In my case, I fell from a bicycle onto my arm after a slight bump from a passing car that came too close. How does it feel to have a dislocated shoulder? Unless you have already experienced dislocation, you instinctively know that something is wrong with your shoulder but are not sure what has actually happened to it. I immediately knew I couldn’t move my right arm and wanted to support it in front of me. I thought that I might have a broken bone but could see not see any evidence of that. For me, t
