Alternatives to deadlift

[JacktheThriller]

I recently injured a back ligament and it is the second injury in the same ligament in 5 months. Both injuries during heavy deadlifts. My chiro says if I injure it again its will start to get disks slipping on a regular basis. With that I would like suggestions on developing the strength and mass the deadlift adds. i suppose I could do high rep deadlifts. But I am looking for alternatives

[BendtheBar]

I guess perhaps supported style rows like dumbbell rows and seated cable rows. I once did incline bench lat shrugs too, though they felt better when I used 15-20 reps instead of super heavy weight.

[Beverly McD]

Where is the injury?
If you're feeling the injury off of the floor, then you could try deadlifting off of a platform or box. 4 inches or so would probably be enough to take a lot of strain off of the low back area.

[Jen]

Rack pulls?

[Mr.Silverback]

Pull throughs, Dimel deadlifts, block pulls

[JacktheThriller]

I will start trying these as I move through my training schedule.

[IronManlet]

Knowing how the injury occurred would be helpful. For example, if your spine rounded during the lift and you felt a pull, then something that forces your back to stay tighter while moving heavy weight would work (such as t-bar rows).

How about overhead presses, squats, zerchers, odd lifts? If you can still do lugging and loading exercises like farmer's walks, sandbag loading, etc you should be fine.

[5kgLifter]

Originally Posted by JacktheThriller

I will start trying these as I move through my training schedule.

Might not be a bad idea to incorporate some multifidus based exercises as well.

[bamazav]

Trap Bar deads would keep a straighter back. Most rows will help. I would agree with others that the issue may be a form problem instead of exercise choice.