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You should not be risking death or disfigurement when re-racking jerks. Here’s how to do it:
 
First, reduce the bar height by bending your arms, knees, or both.
 
Next, bring your shoulders up to meet the bar by standing tall on your toes.
 
Then guide the bar down with your arms to the rack, and absorb the weight by bending your knees.
 
Get your head back and set your rack position—don’t try to catch the bar in your arms.
 
And always keep your trunk vertical and braced forcefully.
 
Practice this with every rep, even when the weight is too light to actually require it—this is how you build the skill and confidence to handle the big weights.
 
The process is the same for re-racking behind the neck, but I have a video coming soon specifically for it.
 
Note that while re-racking jerks is beneficial, there are good reasons to NOT do it:
 
If you have any kind of neck, back, elbow or shoulder issue that re-racking aggravates, don’t do it.
 
And if you use a really wide grip, you may find lowering problematic for your elbows—the benefit of re-racking isn’t worth risking injury or chronic pain.
 
If you can at least re-rack your warm-up weights, it’s still beneficial, so do what you can safely.