What Happens if Shoulder Instability Is Left Untreated?

A common question people ask is what happens if shoulder instability is left untreated?

First off, it may get worse. Second off, you can develop arthritic changes. What you can also develop is if you have a shoulder that’s completely coming out of a socket, you’ll start to lose bone. If you keep dislocating your shoulder, and then it becomes more and more difficult to fix.

We know that the more time someone dislocates their shoulder, the more bone they lose, the more complex the operations become, and the higher the failure rates of the operations.

You have to pick the right ones, and if you pick the right operation, you will have a high success rate regardless. Either way, if your shoulder is unstable, slipping in and out of the socket regularly, it will probably not go away.

Sometimes, therapy can be done; it just depends on the problem. However, many times, it requires an operation to fix it. The good news is that they work well at solving the problem. Ensure you see a shoulder specialist to get an educated response about what’s happening.