I second the above commenter. It's normal to be sore from lifting weights, and I'm usually extra sore if I haven't exercised in a while, but the amount of pain you are describing sounds worrying - even allowing for delayed onset muscle soreness. A few thoughts (I am not a doctor or a trained exercise specialist, I just lift a lot and read a lot about it)
1) Did you do any warm-up or cool down exercises? Any stretching/mobility work? Those work well along with lifting to ensure your muscles are warmed up and loosened - both to help prevent injury and to lessen soreness afterwards.
2) You said good form - did you have someone checking you (I don't know your lifting background)? I've been lifting for a long time, and I still have coaches or other lifters check my form and find I still need to tweak it - it can be really hard to see if your form is good, assuming you even have a mirror.
3) If you can get even a few sessions with physical therapy, it could be really helpful to get pointers on how to build into this slowly and learn what you can do safely.
4) Deadlifts mainly work the strongest muscles in your body - the glutes/posterior chain - which is why it's the strongest lift for a lot of lifters, but you can only activate those muscles if your arms/shoulders/back are strong enough to hold that weight. It sounds like you might need to choose some exercises that can (carefully, slowly) work your upper body to build up strength and stability in your shoulder, back, etc. Things like farmers carries, rows, maybe a press, etc could help (or knee pushups, or just hanging from a pull-up bar - of even maybe swimming or a rowing machine) but I would approach anything carefully and with professional advice.
5) I'm coming back to lifting after over a year off, and I'm having to remember that I can't lift as much as I could when I stopped, and go into it easily and carefully so I don't hurt myself. It can suck to go light and easy, especially if people around you are throwing around heavier barbells. But I keep reminding myself to leave the ego at the door and if I work slow and steady and don't get hurt, it'll improve. It takes time and patience to build.
Good luck! It definitely isn't worth being in pain and your body is going to take time to adjust to any new exercise. Hopefully you can find a way to build strength that works with your body.
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1) Did you do any warm-up or cool down exercises? Any stretching/mobility work? Those work well along with lifting to ensure your muscles are warmed up and loosened - both to help prevent injury and to lessen soreness afterwards.
2) You said good form - did you have someone checking you (I don't know your lifting background)? I've been lifting for a long time, and I still have coaches or other lifters check my form and find I still need to tweak it - it can be really hard to see if your form is good, assuming you even have a mirror.
3) If you can get even a few sessions with physical therapy, it could be really helpful to get pointers on how to build into this slowly and learn what you can do safely.
4) Deadlifts mainly work the strongest muscles in your body - the glutes/posterior chain - which is why it's the strongest lift for a lot of lifters, but you can only activate those muscles if your arms/shoulders/back are strong enough to hold that weight. It sounds like you might need to choose some exercises that can (carefully, slowly) work your upper body to build up strength and stability in your shoulder, back, etc. Things like farmers carries, rows, maybe a press, etc could help (or knee pushups, or just hanging from a pull-up bar - of even maybe swimming or a rowing machine) but I would approach anything carefully and with professional advice.
5) I'm coming back to lifting after over a year off, and I'm having to remember that I can't lift as much as I could when I stopped, and go into it easily and carefully so I don't hurt myself. It can suck to go light and easy, especially if people around you are throwing around heavier barbells. But I keep reminding myself to leave the ego at the door and if I work slow and steady and don't get hurt, it'll improve. It takes time and patience to build.
Good luck! It definitely isn't worth being in pain and your body is going to take time to adjust to any new exercise. Hopefully you can find a way to build strength that works with your body.