Traumatic, anterior shoulder dislocation is a common athletic injury, especially in young, overhead athletes. The mechanism of injury is typically when the shoulder is placed in an abducted, externally rotated position and a forceful anterior moment is applied to the humerus resulting in an anterior and inferiorly directed dislocation of the humeral head from the glenoid. Due to the limited stretching capacity of the glenohumeral capsule and associated glenohumeral ligaments, the force of the traumatic dislocation overcomes the tensile strength of these ligaments resulting in a tear. Of the ligaments typically injured are those of the anterior inferior glenohumeral ligaments, which is referred to as a humeral avulsion of the glenohumeral ligament lesion. Although other structures may be injured, the topic of this review will focus on the injuries to this structure, how this is effectively diagnosed and the preferred surgical treatment technique for treatment of this injury.