New runner... having pain in shins

[kaathrin]

 OK... I am trying to run for the first time in probably 15 years. I went out and bought a new pair of shoes because my feet were killing me. Now, my shins hurt when I start running. I think that is called a shin splint, but have no idea.

I am 5'10" 180 lbs. I have been walking for a while (on a country road), so I am trying to add some running in there while I walk. I have to stop running after a few hundred yards, not because I am so winded, but because my shins hurt.

Are there some stretches I need to do, or something else that I should try?

THANKS!!!
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[Bambi]

Welcome to TB kaathrin!

You must have to see your Orthopedics about this problem.  My husband was a soccer player for more than 20 years and he used to jog which caused him to stop due to his hurting shin.  His Dr. diagnosed it as  "Periostitis" - we called it here Knochenhautentzündung.

Good luck!