Shin splints?

Stretch, massage, foam roll calves. Work on strengthening your calves. Stand on one leg at a time and write out the alphabet with your foot in the air. Not running much like you describe, could also be your shoes.

I suffer from shin splints well i use to i haven't felt the pain since i started eating a banana before i run and keep dairy out of my diet before i run as well. I also add a little salt to my water bottle afterwards( not even a tsp). My trainer recommended this to me and it has worked wonders. Plus i stretch my legs out a little extra after each run and do a brisk walk as a warm up. Hope this helps!

The main problem is the footwear I've found. I don't have a problem with shin splints when I wear my trainers, but with my normal shoes I do.

Also you could be doing too much too soon, ease yourself into it . Start with a shorter distance, or put rest intervals within your workouts.

Make sure you stretch out properly and have proper running shoes - i.e. visited a store where they watch you run to suggest the best shoe for your foot and position when you run.

Icing the shins down after a run could help, rest them for a bit till the pain subsides and then try your run again. If you have proper shoes and you continue to get them, then look into talk with a dr about if there is an underlying issue that could be creating the problem for you.

Make sure you are running heel to toe that made a huge difference for me. Oh and good shoes.

My guess is that you have the wrong running shoes.

I have these:

It says they are running shoes, but I've had them for almost 8 months. Does that make a difference? Also, since the inside of my shins hurt the worst, could I have a type of gait I should shop for?

(1) just because they are running shoes does NOT mean that they are the running shoes for you. Get yourself to a running store (like Fleet Feet) where they do gait analysis and get properly fitted. Do NOT go to your regular old Foot Locker and the like. Trust me. It makes a WORLD of difference. You don't necessarily need to go minimalist as someone suggested. There are varying "drops" (the difference between the height of your heel and the height of your toe when wearing the shoe) - 10MM drop is "standard", 0MM is "minimalist" - there are also 8MM drops and 4MM drops. I went down to an 8MM drop on my most recent running shoe and love it (although it did take me about 2 months to get used to the lower drop, and it still feels "off" sometimes).

(2) shin splits can be aggravated by heel striking. Make sure when you are running that you're landing on your "mid-foot", NOT on your heel. It will feel awkward at first, but you'll get used to it.

(3) slow down. Go slower than you think you can. "too much, too soon" is a common cause of shin splints - and the too much can be too far or too fast (or both), but since you said you're only running for a minute or two at a time, I'm guessing that you're run pace is just too fast right now.

I was super careful about limiting my running pace and distance when I started back up this spring (as in keeping a spreadsheet log), as well as making sure I use a mid-foot strike and not a heel strike, because I had gotten terrible shin splints in the past. Guess what? no shin splints this year!

Hope that helps!

ETA - and STRETCH! at least 10-15 minutes of deep stretching after your run.

As someone who has been sidelined twice with major shin splints here is the advice I can offer you.
1. IMHO the most important thing you can do when you start running is go to a running shoe store and get a run analysis done . you need to find out if you over/under pronate, heel strike, etc. Get shoes that fits how you run.
2. download a C25K app and follow it ! You will be tempted at some point to do more than should....dont. excessive distance and speed before you're ready can cause injury quickly.
3. Focus on form. spend the first few sessions noticing how straight/bent your back is. Learn to land mid foot, dont make tight fists, etc. try and find your 'groove'
4. Stretch after your run. Later that day ice down your shins, calves. 10 min cold, 10 min no cold for 30 min total.

I have made all of the mistakes one could make starting running, but kept with it. I wish i had asked for advice in the first place and saved myself a lot of problems.

Make sure you are running heel to toe

:huh: Not if she doesn't want to give herself knee/hip problems. never ever heel strike.

Really I guess I have gotten some bad advise maybe this is why my hip and knee where kind messed up running. What do you suggest? This was advice from my doctor.

Never mind I just saw your earlier post I will take your advice. Sorry mines was bad it was not meant to be.

i had terrible knee problems AND shin splints when i first started football.

running exclusively on the balls of my feet was necessary to correct the knee problem, but probably exacerbated the shin splints. but that was related to the same reason it was more comfortable to land flat footed then on my fore foot... the muslces below the knee were far two week and needed to be strengthed.

I'm an avid runner and have been running on and off for twenty years, and seriously running for the last ten, and my suggestion is to make sure you have the right running shoe. You can generally go to specialty running stores to have your stride measured on the the treadmill, and they also measure your feet.

Also, be sure to stretch really well before and after you run.