I had epicondylitis, which I guess is the technical term for tennis elbow. I was receiving cortisone shots and getting electrical stimulation. However, as I found out later, the cortisone shots were weakening the bone. So, when I slipped on ice one day and landed on my shoulder, my Humerus fractured.
The Emergency Room Physician seemed to want to say that the cortisone shots were to blame, but he sort of rescinded that statement, seemingly not wanting to implicate another Physician for administering a faulty treatment.
So in addition to STILL having the problems with the elbow, I now had to contend with a torn rotator cuff (it was a surgical tear, as my Physician decided to insert a steel rod through the rotator cuff to protect the Humerus bone).
So after months of physical therapy for epicondylitis, I now had to contend with many more months for a torn rotator cuff.
If you go to Wal-Mart, or any other pharmacy, buy one of those tennis elbow wraps, preferable the one with the air-pack, as it seems to provide the best comfort. Also, doing external rotation exercises helped tremendously. Additionally, whenever I do dips, pushups, bench press, or really any type of movement pushing away from my body, I make sure my wrist is parallel, rather that perpendicular, to my forearm. It puts a lot less pressure on my elbows.
Hopefully, your issue aren’t as bad as mine were/are, as I still need to follow all the above protocols after more than 8 years.