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I got here late but I want to share an exercise my old track coach gave me some years ago to deal with shin splints. He had me "penguin walk," that is, walk on my heels only, at a natural pace, for about 30m at a time. Maybe two or three sets a day, and my shin splints went away in about a week and a half. I'd still run after doing this.
Supposedly the problem is a strength imbalance between the calf and shin areas, and this exercise helps speed the process of leveling things out (which I guess would eventually happen if you kept running through the pain). Good luck...I know shin splints don't feel great.
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