"Stress fracture"

I never, ever want to hear that phrase again. Shane Bond has one, it looks like Jacob Oram has one and now it appears that Daniel Vettori has another one. What is it with New Zealand bowlers and stress fractures? I say the only solution is to bring all promising teenage cricketers in and replace their spines with titanium rods. Or bionic vertebrae. Or something. 'Cos bone is just bloody useless.