| Boomdoggin,
do you have flat feet?
A major cause of "shin splints" is when people have flat feet, the Tibialis Anterior, a muscle that runs down the front of the leg and under the arch of the foot, is stretched and therefore has a lot of tension being placed on it.
By either taping the arches or placing an arch support in the running shoe, you can often avoid this shin pain.
This is one theory, as the term "shin splints" has come to mean any anterior pain of the lower, anterior (front) leg.
If the problem is alread occuring, then the above suggestions are a good choice: ice and rest. Advil if you can take it. Also, to be safe, you havent recently gotten hit or kicked really hard in the shin, have you? | 
