Chiropractic is one of the safest healing arts ever studied. A multitude of studies have been performed to show that spinal adjustments, when performed by doctors of chiropractic, are so rarely – if ever – associated with side effects. When performing an adjustment on a child, skilled and experienced chiropractors like Dr Porter need only use a minimal amount of force, equal to the pressure used to check the skin of a ripe tomato, and can even be performed while the child is sleeping! Even when performed on adults, chiropractic adjustments are gentle, comfortable and extremely safe.