If your patient’s idea of cardio involves getting thrown, punched, and arm-barred for fun, shoulder instability isn’t a “maybe” — it’s an occupational hazard.
In competitive martial arts (MA), the shoulder doesn’t just need to be stable; it needs to survive chaos. So, when glenoid bone loss is <20%, should you trust a tidy arthroscopic Bankart repair — or bring out the big guns with a Latarjet?
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