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4 Wednesday, September 22, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Massage therapist now in Sisters By Ceili Cornelius Correspondent Alesha Faris, licensed massage therapist (LMT) has had a passion for helping peo- ple since she was a young girl, and she9s turned that passion into her own practice. Faris was born and raised in Sisters, being a resident since 1995. Faris became officially licensed to practice massage in 2014 after realizing she could make her lifelong pas- sion a profession. <I studied all areas of mas- sage 4 Swedish, Thai, preg- nancy massage 4 particu- larly therapeutic massage, and started working with athletes and body builders,= she said. Faris got her license through classes at COCC and focused on classes deal- ing with chronic pain, hydro- therapy, and mobilization all within therapeutic massage. Most of her focus during ses- sions is helping to relieve chronic pain issues, as well as traumatic injuries. <I try to just relieve the most amount of pain in cer- tain areas,= she said. <I focus on the use of deep pressure which is different than deep tissue massage.= Deep pressure massage is when the muscles of the area being worked don9t fight back and it is more muscle use on her part, with more direct pres- sure applied in a specific area. <This kind of massage is specific to helping with inju- ries and chronic pain,= Faris said. Faris9 decision to focus her passion for helping people on massage was multiplied because she experienced deep and chronic pain after being in a car accident in 2015. <I understand what it9s like to be in that kind of pain after a traumatic event,= she said. As a young girl she would do massage on her friends and family friends after sport- ing events. One of her family friends told her she should do this for a living. <That next morning after she said that, I looked into what that would look like and I got signed up for classes that fall to become licensed in massage therapy,= she said. Faris worked at Massage Envy in Bend. <It was a good place to start in the massage therapy industry; you start to build up the muscles that are needed,= she said. But Faris had always wanted to be able to work for herself and be home for her son, being a single mom. In 2017, she rented space from a chiropractor in Bend and began branching out on her own. She got her own space in 2019 in Bend and was there for around a year before the pandemic, when she shut down her practice. <It was hard to keep work- ing with the nature of my cli- entele, and it was so unknown, there were too many ques- tions, so I decided to reassess and shut down,= she said. The shutdown ended up being a silver lining for Faris, as she was able to look for a space closer to home in Sisters. Faris and her son live PHOTO PROVIDED Alisha Faris has opened a massage practice at Sisters Art Works. with her father, and he was instrumental in helping her find a space in Sisters. Faris has her own office space for therapeutic massage in the Sisters Art Works build- ing on Adams Avenue <I got the space at the Art Works building in May and re-opened once vaccines were more rolled out,= she said. Faris has a loyal following of clients that followed her from Bend to receive massage from her. Faris doesn9t have set hours for her practice; she just has clients text or call her when they need a massage and they schedule one. <My goal is to make people that come in feel better, and I just want people to know that I am here,= she said. <I like going home knowing that I have helped someone.= When Faris is not practic- ing massage, you can find her hiking with her son in the summertime. To schedule a massage with Faris, call 541-306-9344. Her office is located at 204 W. Adams Ave., Ste. 103B. SAR assists hikers in forest outside of Sisters Fall weather has arrived 4 which means that condi- tions can change quickly. A pair of hikers near Sisters got caught unprepared for condi- tions over the weekend and required help from Deschutes County Search and Rescue. On Saturday, September 18, at about 10:30 a.m., Deschutes County Dispatch Search and Rescue was advised of two hikers need- ing assistance at Camp Lake near Pole Creek Trailhead outside of Sisters. Deschutes County 911 had received a report from Garmin GPS emergency response that they had received an emergency alert at that location from a Garmin GPS receiver. Emergency response was able to make contact with the user, who reported a weather system had moved in overnight and the user along with a hiking partner were now wet, cold, and needing assistance back to the trailhead. At the time of this call, a United States Forest Service (USFS) Law Enforcement Officer was also notified and responded to the area. A Deschutes County Sheriff9s Office Assistant SAR Coordinator was able to make text message con- tact with 32-year-old Brian Werter and 30-year-old Elyse THE GARDEN ANGEL Organic Turf Maintenance... Healthy Soil, Healthy Lawn INDOOR & OUTDOOR SEATING AVAILABLE 25 years in business • LCB#9583 541-549-2882 Swedish, Deep Tissue & Therapeutic Massage 541-549-RIBS | 190 E. 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Teams noted at the time of arrival at the hikers9 camp, temperatures were in the low 30s with mixed snow and rain falling. At 4:40 p.m. SAR teams began escorting the subjects down the trail where they met friends and went home by personal vehicle. SAR personnel and the subjects arrived back at the trailhead at 7:30 p.m. The Sheriff9s Office thanked the Forest Service Law Enforcement for their help during this mission. Conditions can change rapidly; hikers be prepared for varying temperatures and rain/snowfall. Keep a close eye on weather forecasts for recreation areas.