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SHOULDER AC JOINT SEPARATION

A fairly common injury in sports is a shoulder separation. Often occurring from a fall, this injury can range from mild pain to very painful and deforming.

A shoulder separation is an injury to the acromioclavicular joint on the top of the shoulder. A shoulder separation occurs where the clavicle and the scapula come together. The two most common descriptions of a shoulder separation are either a direct blow to the shoulder (often seen in football, rugby, or hockey), or a fall on to an outstretched hand (commonly seen after falling off a bicycle or horse).