UPDATE (07/28/26): Erin Uehara doesn't believe that the cause of my pain is a rotator cuff tear. Rather, she feels the pain is stemming from both shoulder impingement and bicep tendonitis. I first began feeling pain on my outer left shoulder in late May. The pain became more severe in mid-June and began extending down my left bicep (the pain did). I finally visited Dr. Bryce Tanaka on 07/07/26 to determine the cause of my shoulder and arm pain and he referred me to a physical therapist (Ein Uehara). I'll begin receiving treatment for this injury on Monday (07/21/26). I don't know when I'll resume weightlifting and playing basketball*. Read below to get an idea about the cause of this injury.
What's the cause of this new injury (shoulder impingement and bicep tendonitis)? The surgery I received in
December of 2025 for a Closed Colles' fracture of my left radius. Dr. Michael Chen inserted a plate (I believe a metal plate) into my radius and in the process, repositioned both my ulna and radius. So, both my ulna and radius are no longer in the properly aligned position that been in my entire life and this misalignment is affecting the entirety of my arm. See below.
My distal ulna bone feels offset. It seems over-rotated and now juts out, for lack of scientific terms. It's difficult to tell in the above photo, so just take my word for it. Maybe it feels like this because the tissue surrounding it is swollen. I don't know. I'm going to wait 2 months before I attempt to use this hand (my left hand) to dribble and shoot a basketball. If I feel that it's not functioning like it should (if I feel that I've lost range of motion), I'm going to take Michael Chen to court. Let's read what Michael Chen said today (12/30/25).
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JUST KIDDING! EHU DIDN'T MAKE SHOT AFTER SHOT ON ME! HE ONLY HIT 2-3 SHOTS ON ME!
AND JOHNNY WASN'T THERE TO WITNESS IT. ANYWAY, THIS WAS THE ONLY SHOT JOHNNY HIT ON ME! I GUARDED JOHNNY FOR 2 POSSESSIONS AND HE MADE 1 SHOT ON ME - A GAME WINNER! (EVERYBODY HITS THE GAME WINNER ON ME!) BY THE WAY, WHY AM I SHOELESS WHILE GUARDING JOHNNY? BECAUSE I'M A PREGNANT MEXICAN FEMALE AND THOSE SHOES DIDN'T FIT WELL. PLUS, THEY LACKED GRIP! SO, I REMOVED THEM JUST BEFORE GUARDING JOHNNY!
DO YOU KNOW WHAT EHU AND JOHNNY DIDN'T DO, THOUGH? THEY DIDN'T GUARD ME. WHY? BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO GUARD ME (THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THEY CAN'T GUARD ME). AND AFTER GUARDING THEM FOR SEVERAL POSSESSIONS I COULD SENSE THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT NONE (THEY DIDN'T WANT ANYMORE OF ME BECAUSE I WAS WEARING THEM DOWN).
OH, AND I'VE SINCE REDEEMED MYSELF AGAINST TAI! IN OUR FIRST MEETING (MID-JUNE 2026) HE HAD A NUMBER OF BUCKETS ON ME AND I HAD ONLY A COUPLE OF BUCKETS ON HIM. SINCE THAT DAY, HE NO LONGER GUARDS ME AND WOULD PREFER THAT I NOT GUARD HIM BECAUSE I MAKE HIM WORK FOR EVERY SHOT HE TAKES (I HAVE THE QUICKNESS AND DEFENSIVE INSTINCT** TO DEFEND HIM WELL). ON THE PARTICULAR NIGHT IN THE FACEBOOK LINK ABOVE I GAVE TAI NUMEROUS SAMPLES OF WHAT I ONCE DID ON THE HOOP COURT. YOU DON'T SEE ANY OF IT BECAUSE TYRELL STOPS FILMING ONCE I BEGIN PLAYING! AS AN ASIDE, TAI NOW THINKS OF ME AS "BLACK".
BY THE WAY, THIS IS WHAT MY SHOT LOOKS LIKE! SO DON'T LET THE SHOTS I MAKE WHEN SHOOTING ALONE IN OTHER VIDEOS FOOL YOU!
**I CAN ANTICIPATE WHERE HE'S TRYING TO GO ON THE FLOOR AND CUT HIM OFF OR STRIP HIM OF THE BALL JUST AS I CAN ANTICIPATE WHEN HE'S GOING TO PASS THE BALL AND EITHER DEFLECT THE BALL OR SNATCH IT OUT OF THE AIR AND ANTICIPATE WHEN HE'S GOING TO SHOOT THE BALL AND BLOCK IT OR AT LEAST ALTER IT!
