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This story will offer nothing to this thread, but I'm posting anyway. I had tremendous shin pain at one point last year (well, several months, actually). Even short runs were taking several days of recovery during which I would limp everywhere. I blame it completely on my brand new $100 specially-fitted stability running shoes. Before, I had just been running in whatever shoes looked athletic and were cheap. At the encouragement of my running friends and things I was reading, I realized I needed expensive running shoes properly fitted to my gait at a running specialty store. I chalked up the first twinges of pain to breaking the shoes in, but eventually had to purchase $30 worth of orthotics to relieve a minimal amount of the pain. I stubbornly kept wearing them because, after all, I had paid so much for the privilege. I blamed my mileage for the pain. After putting less than 100 miles on them, I gave up. I sent them along to Goodwill and paid $30 for a pair of running shoes at DSW. I have been fine ever since, and I will not make that mistake again.
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A few hours after my Sunday long run (which went amazingly well) things started feeling much worse. Every step is really painful to the point of a pretty good limp when I walk. I guess my question is: Can shin splints hurt this much or am I more likely dealing with a stress fracture?
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