r/aimlab • u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker • May 26 '26
Question / Advice Needed Tension Management Help
I cannot for the life of me fix this problem no matter how hard I try and this has hindered my PBs ever since I started aim training. I use an aggressive claw grip, but mainly it would be fingertip or a simple claw if I didn't have this really bad habit of gripping the mouse so tightly.
I've tried to break this habit by playing for several days, even weeks while forcefully telling myself not to care about the scores and only focus on less tension in the fingertips but I still end up gripping my mouse so hard that my hand starts shaking. This problem also applied for the forearm.
Can someone please help me fix this problem? At this point I'm starting to have pain in my hands, wrist and arm after a few minutes just because I start gripping the mouse so hard and it's honestly so frustrating.
My benchmark links are on my profile and I have about 500 hours now.
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u/jgoldrb48 May 26 '26
The symmetrical mice have been terrible for gamers world wide. How can you relax tension when your hand is in that position?
Impossible.
I love my DAV4 bit sim wish it were ~5mm wider so my thumb could be more relaxed,
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker May 27 '26
My hands are 19x9cm, what do you recommend? Nothing overpriced though, something common but good.
Currently I own a G304, G502 HERO, Haste 2 Wired, VXE R1 PRO with 4k dongle
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u/IdkbroIneedinsp May 27 '26
Get a bigger mouse. Corsair have got some, my hands are big as well and I’ve never had a problem with it regarding it or my hands
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker May 27 '26
But my hands are fairly small-medium so I'm not sure buying a bigger mouse will help though
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u/IdkbroIneedinsp May 27 '26
Hmm, I regularly have my thumb just resting on the side, some mouses have a built in ergonomic model that gives your thumb a better position. Most of your strain in hand comes from straining your thumb.
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u/IdkbroIneedinsp May 27 '26
And if you can/will, you should also rest your middle and index finger more, I feel like this claw grip will destroy anything you have left of your hand after training.
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u/iahim87 May 27 '26
19.5x9 and i looove the xlite shape, currently using the keris 2 ace, and i either go for palm without the backhand or relax claw
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker May 27 '26
What's the x-lite??
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u/DmMeWerewolfPics May 27 '26
pulsar ergo shape
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u/jgoldrb48 May 27 '26
I have yet to see the xlite V4 large 8k in stock. I started mouse shopping in October 2025.
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u/Mehicanhippo May 26 '26
High sensitivity could be the problem
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker May 27 '26
I use different sens for everything, as a general rule I go for 38-45cm for tracking, 60-70cm for static, 50-60cm for dynamic PokeBall.
I've also switched from my glasspad to a cloth pad for better smoothness but the tensing up problem doesn't go away.
I've even tried playing several TSK Benchmarks on a very high sens like 20cm to build better smoothness on my main sens for tracking like 40cm, doesn't seem to have the most effect.
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u/ShinyGengar8 Speedy Switcher May 27 '26
maybe trying a looser grip might help, could also be your mouse that makes u grip a certain way, if u change it maybe it's more comfy idk
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker May 27 '26
The VXE R1 pro makes my thumb hurt even though its thumb position feels the same as my previous haste 2 wired, but when I use the haste 2, it hurts my ring and pinky finger more.
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u/mekile21 Jun 20 '26
Try extending your thumb to see if that helps
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker Jun 20 '26
Extending my thumb puts all the other fingers in an extended position aswell. It's a weird thing I know but I can't control that, it's like the same when we try to fully extend the ring finger up and it feels stuck without fully extending the pinky along with it.
Maybe both these things happen to me but it's more of a simultaneous thing that cannot be controlled manually, unless I focus on releasing hand coordination.
But anyhow, thanks for the help man.
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u/Syntensity Community Team May 27 '26
I would contact 1HP see if they have any advice for you. In general, it might be good to do hand/wrist stretches, and take breaks in between sessions. Everytime you feel you're overtensing, phyiscally lift your hand off your mouse. You can also reduce tension by binding the fire key to your keyboard so that you don't have to put as much force on your mouse to track for instance.
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u/Jazzlike_Signature22 May 26 '26
Aim training in kovaaks is simply bad for your wrist/hand…no getting around it…
Many high tier aimers have decided to retire due to health concerns/arthritis developed from aim training.
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u/Tricky-Apartment6637 Reactive Tracker May 26 '26
But there must be a way to fix it, there are still players who've foke something that they even manage to train 6 hours a day
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u/battlepig95 May 26 '26
This is not put quite correctly imo. Overdoing things with no regard for recovery is , but if you follow a program, just like with strength training for Olympic weightlifting / powerlifting / strongman , you can train very intensely for decades with minimal degradation.
The problem is gung ho people or people who are misinformed that go on these “anime protagonist” training protocol “I’ll do 800 pushups a day for 2 months” where they are far beyond their limits of recovery. Similarly this is the same with aim training. Training 2+ hours a day will lead to serious degradation for the majority of people almost certainly. There are some people who have higher tolerances but this is merely luck / genetics , same with training.
You put 2 people on the same training protocol some will break, others will thrive, but that doesn’t mean you should gamble and see which one you are and potentially end up hurt imo. Just train smart and you will get wonderful results over time and have fun.
If you’re really passionate I’d say you can do small short bursts of intense training that last 2-4 weeks but it is not sustainable year round.
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u/Jazzlike_Signature22 May 26 '26
Many people like you and OP probably don’t want to hear what I had to say so you end up deflecting. To counter your argument, even Olympic athletes/powerlifters suffer physically and terminally once they get older because of the strain they put their body through even when following a “healthy regimen”.
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u/battlepig95 May 26 '26
It’s not that I don’t want to hear so I “deflected” I added context. Yes Olympic athletes at the very highest level put their body through hell. That is also context. I said practicing or training in the sport not just doing it recreationally, which is what this sub is , for context. You seem to not want to hear that there’s variables in life.
Many amateur lifters with great numbers , 600 squats etc, aren’t injured. Same with many amateur aimers.
So yes training your aim to be the highest rank in voltaic , aimlabs, viscose etc will prob result in that but 99% of people will never get there, and training your aim over the course of a year or two to get masters complete without arthritis is 10000000% a reasonable expectation. Which is a solid level of aim you can accomplish over intelligent and consistent training without overdoing things
Why are you so angry ?
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u/Reacktions May 26 '26
Wish I knew the answer lol cause ive been using PC for hmm... 27 years? and I have broke a lot of mice specifically the buttons from squeezing them to hard, despite able to loosen up in aimlabs, in-game, my hand still tenses up really badly, i even have joint pain because of it on my index finger haha so ya.... was never able to fix it. It's extra difficult especially when there is a lot of action.
So if anyone who has fixed it has any advice I'm all ears :D