leah
I am a registered massage therapist and I work on a woman who was having terrible shin splints and I will tell you what helped her. First make sure you have good shoes when you are walking or running. Other than that, you have to stretch those front muscles that run by your shin bones before you exercise, and that is hard to do. two good ones, are pointing your toes (barefoot) and bending toes into the floor. Another one is sitting on your legs, (with feet tucked under the behind, or out to the sides) and laying all the way back on the floor. (classic thigh stretch) It does get easier. For shinsplint relief, ice helps.