Hey again Jen,

Your history sounds quite depressing, I hope things start to turn around. I would definately suggest getting the Wikipedia reference-linkMRI. I would also query the diagnosis some more. Wikipedia reference-linkTennis elbow can sometimes be misdiagnosed, it stirs my curiosity in that your elbow aggravated following your shoulder rehab. Generally, the acvitiy in the upper limb on a whole is decreased while suffering with a primary injury up the kinetic chain. Sure, you may have been altering your activity in a way that caused overactivity of your wrist extensors ... but I would ask the specialist about things such as.. radial tunnel syndrome and possible neural impingement in the shoulder following the RC injuries causing referral? Clutching at straws, but it sounds as if you are doing everything right with no change in symptoms.

It would be quite amazing however for multiple physio / specialists to misdiagnose such a well known injury though.. :S? You could try a wrist splint to completely offload the wrist extensors for a period, especially at night? Just throwing ideas out there.

Chin up though, surgery has good success rates where conservative management has failed (this will likely be the next course of action following the MRI). Has the Dr. tried corticosteroid injections? Also another good idea before surgery...