World Chiropractic Alliance
The World Chiropractic Alliance (WCA) is a not-for-profit corporation founded in Arizona in 1989 that serves as the voice of conservative "straight" chiropractors (those who rely exclusively on subluxation-correction). The Alliance claims to be "the only major chiropractic organization which passionately defends the rights of subluxation-based doctors and will stand up against those who would corrupt chiropractic by denying its philosophical and vitalistic foundations," and believes that spinal adjustment should begin at birth and continue for life, even in the absence of symptoms. It tends to have an antagonistic relationship to the World Federation of Chiropractic because of philosophical differences. Background The WCA supports "straight" chiropractic, with its emphasis on subluxation-correction, drug-free care, and non-medical approaches to wellness. This stance has brought it into conflict with the majority "mixer" school of chiropractic that favors use of more mainstream medical techniques alongside the traditional chiropractic adjustments. The WCA denies that chiropractic adjustments pose any significant risk of stroke. The WCA is against vaccinations and believes that "chiropractic adjustments have a positive impact on the immune system," a claim which, "to date, the data reviewed do not validate this theory." The WCA advocates the use of chiropractic adjustments "for asymptomatic patients": "It