What is the difference between Laxity vs. Instability?

LAXITY VERSUS INSTABILITY: IS THERE A DIFFERENCE? I was at a course recently and an attendee asked a question about shoulder instability versus laxity. You may have heard those terms before and they are used interchangeably quite often incorrectly. Unfortunately, the answer to the question wasn’t properly addressed. So, I figured I would try and [...]

Definitions for the shoulder

I NEED SOME DEFINITIONS. What’s a Dislocation? Seperation? Subluxation? Well first of all, we have to think of the shoulder as a golf ball on a tee, or imagine a seal balancing a ball on his nose. Can you see it? Big ball, small surface holding it in place. That’s the “rub” with the shoulder [...]