Ouch I’m sorry to hear that! I’m not a doctor nor have I ever had shin splints in my life. But I have a best friend who has. It definitely sounds like shin splints from what you described. The only way to know for sure is to get it checked out. I would immediately put dance on pause until you hear what your doctor says. For sure avoid all jumps.

Alvin Ailey did not die from the terminal blood dyscrasia disorder, although that’s what the The New York Times reported at the time. It was not until later that the truth about his cause of death was revealed. He had actually died from AIDS/HIV complications on December 1, 1989. Ailey he had contracted AIDS/HIV during his 50s and ultimately lost the battle to the disease at the age of 58. Terminal blood dyscrasia was originally reported as the cause of his death because that’s what Ailey had personally asked his doctor to announce instead.

In dance you’ll learn to entirely prevent dizziness by spotting. This technique traditionally involves the delaying of the rotation of your head relative to your body’s rotational speed. This allows the dancer to have a fixed visual focus on a single spot, object, dancer, etc while turning. It’s mainly about timing. Doing this correctly will not only avoid the dizziness, but will also help you maintain control of balance and direction when performing turns like pirouettes, chaines and piques.

It’ll take time to get it right, so start practicing your spotting as soon as possible and your dizziness will be a thing of the past in no time. Hope my answer helps!

I think you’ll get the idea with this short video.