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Okay, the reason you didn't get an MRI is because they're expensive. F*ckin' expensive. In my med school clincial problem based sessions, we always mention MRI's as possible procedures we may want to order but are always dismissed b/c of cost.
The ER typically don't order them either b/c they're used to dealing with indigent patients, plus it's not like you can just go and get one any old time. There are a lot of factors that impact their readibility, like when you last ate, and how much swelling is present.
So if your Ortho didn't think it was that bad, then he definitely isn't going to order one b/c of the cost.
As for what's going on, you need a second opinion. Even if you go back to the ortho you've been seeing for the actual treatment, it will at least give you something else to go on.
What I can tell you (after only 10 weeks of school), is that you likely have ligament damage, which explains the looseness and the ease of repeat dislocation. When you get back to physical therapy, you ABSOLUTELY have to follow through on your treatment to strengthen the muscles around the shoulder. This is very important, b/c the tissue of the ligament does not return to it's original length very quickly. So you need the muscles around the joint to pick up the slack.
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