FWST Blog: DeCamillis is improving

[WoodysGirl]

Special teams coach Joe DeCamillis missed the combine while working on strengthening his neck and back. He flew to Atlanta to consult with the experts at the Shepherd Center, a top rehab hospital. He now is back in Dallas-Fort Worth, doing therapy at the Michael Johnson Performance Center in McKinney in an attempt to alleviate the pain he has experienced the past year.

Cowboys coach Wade Phillips said DeCamillis will be ready for the organized team activities.

"He’s doing all right," Phillips said. "Pain management is really the theme. He’s been in pain. I’ve never had a player get shot up 22 games in a row for pain. I’ve never asked a player to do anything like that, but he did that. Hopefully, that’ll start going away, subside some and he’s doing some therapy to try to help that. It’s been a tough year for him."



DeCamillis was injured when the Cowboys' indoor practice facility collapsed during a thunderstorm May 2. The only game he missed was a late-season game against the Commanders when he required an emergency appendectomy.



"We have players that play with pain but not with injury," Phillips said. "I think he coached with injury. I think that was a very courageous thing he did."



-- Charean Williams

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[CoCo]

"I think that was a very courageous thing he did."

Understated...

 

[zrinkill]

How many coaches have coached with a broken neck and a burst appendix?

Coach Joe has.

 

[Dallas]

I for one am so thankful for Coach Decamillis. He is an outstanding coach and human being.

Easily one of the organizations best hires ever.


Thank you Coach Decamillis

 

[WoodysGirl]

Report: DeCamillis doing better with rehabilitation

Cowboys special teams coach still battling neck pain

Brad Biggs

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Dallas Cowboys special teams coach Joe DeCamillis is doing better in his recovery from a broken neck suffered in the collapse of the team’s indoor practice facility last May.

Coach Wade Phillips reported that DeCamillis should be ready for the beginning of OTA’s this spring after taking some time away from the club, according to Charean Williams of the Forth Worth Star-Telegram. DeCamillis passed on going to the scouting combine last month in order to consult with treatment experts at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. He is now doing rehab in the Dallas area trying to get over the pain that has followed him since the injury.

"He’s doing all right," Phillips said, according to the report. "Pain management is really the theme. He’s been in pain. I’ve never had a player get shot up 22 games in a row for pain. I’ve never asked a player to do anything like that, but he did that. Hopefully, that’ll start going away, subside some and he’s doing some therapy to try to help that. It’s been a tough year for him."

"We have players that play with pain but not with injury," Phillips said. "I think he coached with injury. I think that was a very courageous thing he did."

DeCamillis’ work did not go overlooked. He was the fourth person in league history to receive the Special Courage award for last season. Unfortunately, scouting assistant Rich Behm, who was paralyzed from the waist down, did not receive such recognition. Eventually, some party or parties will be recognized for being negligent in the collapse of the structure that caused the injuries.


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