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Print: What is shoulder instability?
"Shoulder instability" is what doctors say you have when your shoulder goes a little out of place or feels like it might. "Instability" means that the shoulder bones aren't stable--they aren't held together as tightly as they should be.
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Shoulder Instability in Young Athletes by BL Mahaffey, M.D., and PA Smith, M.D. (American Family Physician May 15, 1999, http://www.aafp.org/afp/990515ap/2773.html)
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Reviewed/Updated: 12/10
Created: 09/00
