However, it does not appear to be the case. Sadly, there is more confusion now about what is straight chiropractic and what is not than there was at the start of the 80's. Clearly, what was straight chiropractic in the 20's is not the same straight chiropractic as we enter the decade of the nineties. Whether the roots or the objectives are the same is a moot point. Straight chiropractic today is a new entity.
Much confusion lies within the so-called straight chiropractic movement itself.
Various forms of chiropractic technique are being practiced based upon different philosophies under the banner of straight chiropractic. Sadly, today there are almost as many variations and degrees of straight chiropractic as there are mixing chiropractic and that is a pretty strong statement . All who call themselves straight chiropractors are not straight chiropractors. Part of the problem lies in the stigma we have created in being something other than a straight chiropractor. Unfortunately, we only have two categories, straights and mixers, and every chiropractor who is not trying to treat disease assumes he is a straight.