PHOTO BY RYAN WILLIAMSON Shawn Belles of Pain Relief Massage & Wellness in Penfield works on a client.
During the three months last year that he was forced to shut his massage therapy practice, Shawn Belles received some heartbreaking phone calls. “I had some clients reach out to me begging me to just see them for one day,” Belles said. “I had one client call me crying, saying they re in so much pain. And I was like, ‘I m sorry, I just can t. I can t open. I could lose my license.’” Belles, the owner of Pain Relief Massage & Wellness in Penfield, has been practicing massage therapy for 10 years and has a client roster of more than 100 people, many of whom seek his help in alleviating their chronic pain.