[eindiran]

Of course form is very important. If your deadlifts are "extremely dangerous" and can potentially cause "life threatening injuries", then yes, take a good hard look at your form and work on improving it, staying away from heavy weights until you get there. But the idea that most people have form bad enough to seriously injure them isn't my experience at all. Deadlifts can be done safely, and having good form isn't some unattainable, Mt Olympus feat.

I'll leave these here as I think they're both relevant to your point, in different ways:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgK6Y1j7ACA

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhOQCwJvwlo