Shoulder injuries can be devastating in young athletes, particularly in those whose sport requires strong overhead motions, such as baseball, volleyball and swimming.

Angela Bosniack wasn't about to give up her love for horseback riding after an injury left her with a painful dislocated shoulder. "I had pain in my right shoulder, numbness in my hands. Just a lot of discomfort."

Orthopedic Surgeon Todd Atkinson explains that a dislocated shoulder is one of the main types of shoulder instability, a condition where the shoulder structure is slightly or completely out of place. "What shoulder instability is, is when the ball is no longer stable in the socket and the ball starts moving around. It's an easy diagnosis to make when someone comes in and says they were playing football and the shoulder dislocated, they went to the emergency room had the shoulder put back in and now they come to the doctors office."

Dr. Atkinson says, "Its three holes in the shoulder, I place a camera into the shoulder about the size of a pen then a couple other special instruments into the shoulder and what that enable me to do is stitch the shoulder together so I can tighten up the capsule."

Dr. Atkinson also says that the surgery is performed on an outpatient basis. Patients receive medication after the surgery to help with the pain and can return home in no time.

"Patients go home the same day - typically they'll get a block, which means they'll get some medicine into their nerve which will make their arm numb for about twelve hours and that gives excellent pain relief."

After several months of physical therapy, patients can expect to get back to those activities they love the most.

If you're experiencing shoulder pain, doctors say early diagnosis and aggressive treatment may help to prevent ongoing shoulder complications.