The labrum of the shoulder joint can be torn because of a forceful shoulder dislocation. When the damage only involves the labrum, it is called a Bankart Lesion. A Hill-Sachs lesion occurs when the lesion to the labrum presents simultaneously with a structural defect of the bone of the humeral head. Causes Mechanisms responsible for shoulder dislocation are amongst the causes leading to Bankart and Hill-Sachs lesions. These pathologies are most often diagnosed together with an anterior shoulder dislocation and in patients with recurrent shoulder dislocations. Bankart and Hill-Sachs lesions are frequent in young men involved in contact sports and elderly women over 60 years due to falls. Though anyone can sustain this injury, young men in their twenties are most susceptible. Possible causes of shoulder dislocations and lesions: 1) Car accidents 2) Sports collisions 3) Falls from sports (Falling and landing on one's the shoulder can lead to shoulder dislocatio...