Apparently many fans didn't catch another interesting point in this article: running up and down put more stress on the feet than just walking. Remember the debate whether Yao should play in a half-court system or a up-tempo system? As a fact, Yao did get injured 3 times under Jeff Van Gundy's slow half-court system but those injuries are sustained in accidents (while playing). Since Rick took over, Yao played in an up-tempo style, a lot of running up and down. During the past 2 years, he suffered a stress fracture each year. If the point in this article is correct, is it possible the running game took Yao down? Less bang downlow may be stressful for the upper body, but it could actually be good for the feet! Running up and down may avoid contact and put less stress on the upper body, but is it really good for the feet as well? Given the fact big men's feet are injury-prone, what style you play in does matter, a lot.
i dont think it has I'm not sure what this post tells us that we don't already know. Stress fractures are pretty much due to repetitive stress....the question was, is Yao mings fracture an actual stress fracture, a hairline fracture, or both? some fans assumed a hairline was automatically also a stress fracture because sometimes they read "a hairline stress fracture", but it's two different descriptions. A hairline is describing the crack, meaning it's smaller, not a complete break...while "stress" tells us how the fracture happened. A fracture doesn't have to be both. just wanted to repeat that for the others..
Yao runs all the time, not just in games, so i dont think the running game had much to do with it, e specially since we were hardly a running team. Yao busted his butt upcourt under JVG and under Adelman, he's always done that, it's not like he went from walking up court to being upfront on continous fast breaks. I think it had more to do him making more "explosive" moments like jumping to block shots because he's jumping from side to side and landing hard. the combination of twisting movements and the impact of the landing is probably what created the crack.
