with all due respect to Claire (I was going to post this before she posted that about her daughter)... how natural and healthy could it be to crack a 5 year old's back? Manipulate their bones? Let's be really grounded and think about it. 5 year olds should not need to have their bodies messed with unless there is no other way. I mean, they're still developing!
Also, my friend used to be a ballerina and she went to a chiropractor for years. She had to wean herself off of one just so she could walk correctly without further back/leg manipulation.
here's what I read:
http://www.chirobase.org/ http://www.quackwatch.org/01Quackery...chiroeval.html http://www.chirowatch.com/mp981201quinn-katz.html