Cleints mood states can be manipulated to a certain degree whilst doing treatments, by altering your treatment methods ie slower faster etc when applied to different stages of your treatment pre and inter event. i.e. you may want to calm a hyper client down or on the other hand you may need to bring a client up. Due to endorphin release clients can become elated after a treatment and then suddenly crash out a sleep, so in answer to your question can massage alter moods, most definatly. :D

Cheers John Murphy. :wink:

As a competing athlete I generally make use of a sports massage at least once a month. After a session I find that the comments made about the general state of wear and tear on my legs really useful. A "good" report helps motivate and gives training a buzz - a "negative" comment will help me to re-organise my training schedule. In terms of "moods" I usually feel more confident and ready to train harder (and longer) after a positive massage session.