Recurrent dislocation implies having repeated dislocations of the shoulder. Patients with a tendency for recurrent (repeated) dislocation or subluxation are said to have an unstable shoulder or shoulder instability (unstable shoulder). Shoulder instability may follow after a traumatic dislocation (after a fall or injury to the shoulder), due a generalized laxity of ligaments, or due to gradual stretching of the joint capsule due to a repetitive injury