Anterior instability

This softball player had about 3 years' problems with throwing overhead, but could underhand pitch with no problems. She had marked looseness of her shoulder, and it could easily be popped out of the joint. This caused inability to throw without pain and took a lot off of her throws from the field.

	The metal instrument allows passage of a suture through the capsule and the labrum.
	After the sutures are passed and tied, the capsule is "tucked-in" to the labrum, tightening the joint in the front, to prevent her joint slipping out while throwing.

Arthrex Push-Lock Suture Anchor Animation - an animation done by Arthrex that might clarify the details of placing the sutures in the above surgical procedure. If you watch this animation closely, please note that we at SafeThrow use a technique that is improved over the one depicted in that animation. The technique in the animation shows each suture passed one time around the labrum. The improved technique, demonstrated in the above sequence of photographs, loops the suture and thus passes each suture around the labrum TWICE. This gives greater contact area of the labrum to the bone under the suture, and increases the strength each anchor provides to the repair.