Carissa Shima Healing Bodywork

He had bicep surgery and had to take a break from the gym. When the brace came off, it wasn't just his arm that needed help. His whole body had tightened up. "As she moved things, other parts of my body would start saying, 'Hey, what about me?'" Seven months later: "I have full movement again. They told me it would take at least a year." Recovery Stories.

Your surgery went great. So why does your back and neck hurt? For weeks you couldn't move like you normally do, and the rest of your body picked up the slack. The area where you had surgery needs attention. So does the rest of you.

You thought the swelling would be gone by now. Months later, it's still puffy, still stiff, still not bending all the way, and everyone keeps saying it just takes time. When recovery stalls like this, your body usually needs help moving that fluid out. Stop waiting it out.

If you've had surgery and you still don't feel like yourself, I want you to know what a first session with me actually looks like, because not knowing is part of what keeps people from booking.
First, timing. It depends on your surgery, and we wait until your surgeon clears you. Most people have a post-op appointment soon after, so that's usually when we know it's time.
Then we start by talking. Your surgery, how recovery has gone so far, what's still swollen, what's still stiff, what you can't do yet. You get real time to go through all of it.
Then I look at how you're standing and moving now, because after surgery your whole body shifts to protect that one spot.
Then we get hands-on, and the work is built around where your body is today. Not where it was before surgery. Not a routine I do on everyone.

If you feel pain somewhere, that's real. You're not wrong about where it hurts, and I'd never tell you otherwise.
But the body is one connected system, and pain doesn't always stay where it starts. A shoulder that hurts can be getting pulled on by the rib cage. A knee that hurts can be compensating for the hip.
This isn't about telling you your felt sense is wrong. It's about looking at the whole picture to understand why it's showing up there — so the relief actually holds instead of coming right back a few days later.
Has anyone ever traced your pain back to somewhere you didn't expect? Tell me in the comments.
Link in bio. Las Vegas — Body Spa West.

I want to be clear about something: this isn't a fancy massage.
It's a different kind of training entirely — one built around finding what's actually creating pain and tension, not just easing it for a day or two. I've spent 21 years learning how to do that. A massage can feel wonderful and fade by the weekend. This work is different — it's about finding what's underneath the pain and addressing that, so the change actually holds.
I've gotten to watch people return to things they'd given up on. Running again. Golfing again. Being able to pick up their grandkids. Not because we chased the pain around — because we found what was really going on.
What's something you stopped doing because of pain that you'd want back in your life? Tell me in the comments.
Link in bio. Las Vegas — Body Spa West.

Here's what actually happens the first time you come in — because I know that's part of what keeps people from booking.
Full assessment, then hands-on work the same visit, built around what your body actually needs that day. Most people leave already feeling something different, with a clear sense of their plan going forward

Think you need a diagnosis to book this? You don't. Most of my clients come in because something just feels tight, or off, or not quite right — not because a doctor sent them with a diagnosis in hand. That's enough of a reason.

People assume this is only for extreme cases. Most of my clients aren't. They're active people whose tension keeps coming back, whose body feels a little "off," whose recovery isn't what it used to be. Not a crisis — just tension that never fully resolves on its own.

I don't do massage. I want to be upfront about that, because a lot of people assume this is just a more thorough version of one.
Massage therapists do valuable, skilled work. That's genuinely not what I do. What I do is different training entirely — looking at your whole body, finding what's actually driving the tension, and working hands-on to change that directly.