As far as I know, kicking the pads won't give you medical problems unless you have pretty serious issues ahead of time. As far as serious shin conditioning for Thai kicks goes, I don't know how good it can be for you in the long term. Incidentally, I hear that bone cancer is common in Thailand (from conditioning). You have to weigh the pros and cons. If you condition your shins and kick particularly hard, when you tag someone it will feel like you gave them a bat to the thigh. Also, you will be able to block leg kicks. The cons are pretty self-evident. You kill a lot of nerves on your shins and calcification of your shins MAY or may not cause some unforeseeable health issue in the distant future. Back to your initial question: no. Kick the pads and you should be OK. Hope I helped.
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