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What is it medically called when your joint pops out, but then pops in by itself?
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Subluxation: When one bone pops a little bit out of it's joint, it is called subluxation. If a bone pops fully out of it's joint, it is called dislocation. When the bone returns to its proper position in the joint, it is called reduction, reducing the subluxation, or reducing the dislocation.
Answered 12/10/2014
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Joint subluxation: Ligamentous laxity of the joint. Possible subluxing joint, joint instabilty.
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