The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.
I've never broken a bone in my life, or in my body.
By 2012, I probably had, like, three stress reactions in my back. Two stress fractures in my fibula.
What I would say is I've only had one injury in my NBA career that was probably was because my core wasn't strong enough, when I had a stress fracture in my back.
I think I had a stress fracture before I broke my foot, and I think that was absolutely because I was not getting enough nutrients.
Shin splints are something I actually suffered with a lot in my younger years of dancing. I know the pain and it's not fun.
When I started training, I just started running every day, which you shouldn't do. I learned that lesson the hard way by getting a stress fracture.
I played with a fracture in my foot for seven months without knowing it.
Words strain, Crack and sometimes break, under the burden, Under the tension, slip, slide, perish, Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place, Will not stay still.
