Worried about hurting your back doing deadlifts?
You are not the only one.
This is a very common concern. I hear it often from my patients, friends and family.
The risk is NOT what it seems though.
In part 1 of a 3 part series about deadlifts and lower back pain/injury, I get into the epidemiology of injury with lifting/sport:
In parts 2 and 3 I will discuss technique and programming, respectively.
Fire away in the comments!