Son....I feel your pain. Man shinsplints during football season prevented me from reaching my full potential on the field and it was probably one of the most painful injuries I had ever endured. That was last year. Now the year before I ran about 2 miles a day (1 mile to 1.5 to 2 miles building my way up) a month before practice started and I didnt feel them whatsover, so that would lead me to conclude starting off slow in a jogging/running schedule would be effective. My strength coach told me squats should not be affected by shin splints nor should deadlifts. So you really should be fine because I was doing squats and deadlifts while having shinsplints this year and it did not hurt during excercise or after. Also man, Aleve, Tylenol, Advil..man that didnt do **** for me, I was bout to run to my dealer and snag some hydros or codeine straight up for the pain.
Visiting a doctor may not be too bad of an idea because from what I read the symptoms of shin splints can be similar to a more severe, sometimes irreversible injury called compartment syndrome. This is a serious problem that can lead to significant loss of function in the lower leg, but from your situation I doubt this is what is going on, but dude its scary and I would always be on the safe side.
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