Shin Splints

I am pretty sure i have shin splints. 15 minutes into my sets now my shins begin to hurt a little and by 25 minutes in it is almost unbearable and gets even worse when i get out of the water. I have found that regular ibuprofen helps a little but am not ready to have to stop riding for a while as I am finally progressing this season and after being out all last season from my back surgery I would be bummed if I had another injury sideline me.

Has anyone else dealt with/dealing with is problem. Everything I have read on it says to hold off on activity and ice it down after activity if you must do activity. I know someone who gets them from running and he said he normally just changes his shoes and it solves the problem. Could it possibly be a binding issue. I just got a new pair of shanes, but came from shanes, except i went from OT to CT.