Running Gurus: Would you recommend shin splint support?

I know the rule of thumb is to not climb back into running so fast, but I know I won’t be able to help myself around week 4 (my mindset is still as strong as ever and my lungs seem to be gaining strength, but it’s hard for me to guage my legs, last time I stopped running and started again everything seemed fine, for a solid month I was doing 3.3 miles in around 27–30 minutes regularly and then one week I just had a bad case of shin splints, I had crappy Wal-Mart shoes too during this reign)

Recommendations?